Sure, cows are important. But next time you eat ice cream, thank a bee. Without them, there would be no cones, milkshakes or sundaes. Every summer, alfalfa leafcutting bees pollinate alfalfa in an ...

Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying pollinator friends decide what plants to feast upon, and which to flutter ...

A new study has found caffeine can be used to help bees locate specific flowers. The research suggests the drug enhances bee memory and makes them more efficient at homing in on certain targeted ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Fort Wayne retired man has turned a hobby into a business and his co-workers are bees. Bees do amazing work and without them, the planet would not pollinate flowers, fruits ...

Bees are an incredibly important part of our ecosystem. As some of the best pollinators, they play a huge role in food production, as they enable crops to reproduce. Sadly, like many other species of ...

Bees and flowers have long been intertwined by pollination, as bees aid flowers in the task of sexual reproduction. But a very special group of bees in Turkey take their work home with them, making ...

Rebecca Stup '23, MS '26, is a master's student in the lab of Antonio DiTommaso, a weed ecologist and associate dean and ...

image: Having more flowers and maintaining diverse bee communities could help reduce the spread of bee parasites, according to a new study. view more Having more flowers and maintaining diverse bee ...

Researchers have developed a new method to rapidly identify the sources of bee pollen to understand which flowers are important for bees. Bees are in vast decline in the UK and across Europe, as are ...

Invasive ants disrupt bee feeding, trigger fights, reduce nectar return to hives, and may shape long term bee behavior and ...