AZ Animals on MSN

Inside the battle between bumble bees and invasive ants

Quick Take Argentine ants are a non-native, invasive species in the United States. They compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. Bumble bees fight back, but the battle may be impacting its ...
AgWeb

How Bees and Farmers Can Harness the Wonder of Pollination for Sustainable Food Security

I’m personally allergic to bee stings. I discovered that the hard way when I had to rush to an emergency room as my whole body was swelling in reaction to a bee sting—but I’m still going to celebrate ...
Growing Produce

Grow Bigger Berries Through Better Pollination

Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Bumble bees bring buzz power to pollinating fruits, veggies and native plants

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...
WUFT

They’ll bee home for the holidays: Migratory beekeepers haul hives to Florida for warm winter temps

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...
AZ Animals on MSN

Do carpenter bees eat wood? What they actually consume (and why it matters)

Bees are fantastic pollinators. Without them, ecosystems would not thrive. Unfortunately, over the last 15 years, there has been a significant decline in both bee colonies and individual bees due to ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Bee pollination set back by storms, experts hope spring will be more promising

THE BEST IN YEARS.### THE BEE INDUSTRY... WORKING TO RECOVER FROM THIS YEAR'S STORMS... COLD... WET... CONDITIONS HINDERING POLLINATION OF VARIOUS CROPS... <"THERE ...
Nature

Vision and Pollination in Nocturnal and Diurnal Bees

Bees occupy a central role in pollination, and their success in locating and utilising floral resources depends critically on their visual systems. Recent advances in imaging and quantitative analyses ...
Business Insider

Fertilizers change how bumblebees 'see' flowers by changing the electric field that attracts them to pollinate, study finds

Bees leave an electric trace on pollinated flowers, telling other bees the flower is tapped out. A study found fertilizers change that electric field and put bumblebees off from fertilizing. Bees are ...
Telegraph-Forum

Over the Garden Fence: The many benefits of bees

We are all learning more about the benefits of pollinators, which includes scores of insects. But bees bring benefits, especially honey bees. This spring, when our garden clubs met in Sunbury for a ...
The Fresno Bee

Native bees keep Midwestern crops growing. Here’s how you can help them stay healthy

Carpenter bees don’t get as much attention as honeybees, but they’re essential to cross-pollinate plants in Missouri and Kansas. Pat Sullivan AP file photo While honeybees experience a national moment ...