Male orchid bees don't fight for a mate or perform flashy dances. Instead, they craft something far stranger: a personalized ...

Buzz pollination looks random, yet a scoop at the anther pore fires pollen in a narrow jet, and the wrong pitch scatters it ...

Scientists have been studying how bees are able to land on moving objects like flowers despite being buffeted by the wind and other elements.

Landing on a moving target is a challenge for all flying animals. For bumblebees, a flower swaying in the wind creates an ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Plants use colour, fragrance, nectar, pollen and flower shapes to attract bees and butterflies. These natural signals help pollinators find flowers and collect food. During their visits, insects can ...

Butterflies, bees, and flower-feeding birds all have a sweet tooth. They need pollen and nectar from flowers to power their flight and nourish offspring. Bees can see colors well and rely on vision to ...

The sight and sound of a bumblebee or a honey bee buzzing from flower to flower in an alpine meadow or a roadside planting is calming to many, yet it invokes outright panic in others. This happens ...

It’s a sight to behold. Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson’s burrowing bees, ...

These stinging insects have very different behaviors.

Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson's burrowing bees, emerge from burrows scattered across Western Australia's arid plains. These bees ...

Bees and other pollinators don't necessarily like the flowers that we do. Fussy double-flowered peonies, vivid petunias, and scentless pelargoniums aren't of much interest to bees. In fact, bees ...