Buzz pollination—a process in which bees extract pollen by vibrating flowers—occurs in more than 20,000 plant species. Among ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

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Bee flies feed on the nectar or pollen of many native flowering plants and so may act as pollinators. The larvae of most bee fly species lay their eggs in or on other insects, particularly wasps ...

An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

In NYC and beyond, the spring 2025 allergy season is striking earlier -- and sticking around longer -- than usual this year.

Among the insect pollinators, extinction risks were highest with bees. Out of 472 species of bees studied in Canada and the U ...

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March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects.

Thanks to this approach, more than 1,400 species were detected, including bees, wasps, flies ... play a crucial role in the reproduction of flowering plants. By transporting pollen from one flower to ...