Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume—and how pollinators interact with the plant—can go ...

As gardeners, we often head to garden centers to find beautiful blooms to enhance our yards. However, some of the most attractive flowers available at these centers are not the best choice for bees ...

The next K-State Garden Hour will be Wednesday, Feb. 4, beginning at noon and going until 1 p.m. The topic will be Honeybee Colony Management and Key Floral Resources in ...

Flowers may be silent, but scientists have just discovered that electric fields allow them to communicate with bumblebees and possibly other species, including humans. It’s well known that color, ...

We all hear about the importance of bees these days, and who doesn’t enjoy a butterfly flitting by?] Last week I introduced some basics about the importance of beneficial insects in gardens. That was ...

LAWRENCE -- The flowers that blossom in a multitude of shapes and colors all over our planet serve as a stunning demonstration of Earth's biological diversity. In part, this beautiful variety comes ...

Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume - and how pollinators interact with the plant - can ...

It has been found that butterflies and bees are more strongly attracted to gardens with a greater diversity of pollen-rich ...

Did you know that the honey bee has been around for millions of years and is the only insect that produces food eaten by man? I just learned that honey is the only food that includes all the ...

It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...

The perfume that male orchid bees create by collecting scents from the flowers they visit is designed to make females choose them rather than another mate. Male orchid bees collect raw materials from ...

Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...