Birds, bats, bees and other pollinating species vital to food supply are "under threat", according to a team of experts. The researchers found that a growing number of pollinator species were being ...

The humble honey bee is responsible for up to 80 per cent of plant pollination worldwide. But population numbers are in steep decline because of habitat loss, pesticides and pollution – threatening ...

Supporting and enhancing pollinators could help stabilise the production of important crops like oilseeds and fruit, reducing the sort of uncertainty that causes food price spikes, new research has ...

Moths are more efficient pollinators at night than day-flying pollinators such as bees, finds new research from the University of Sussex, published today (Wednesday 29 March 2023). Amid widespread ...

Most people know that bees rely on pollen to survive, but one Reddit user has found an unlikely source of this valuable food ...

In spring your rosemary hums with bees, but by late summer the buffet is bare. One extra sun-loving herb keeps pollinators ...

As spring temperatures begin to warm across the country and reach about 50°F, mason bees will begin to emerge. These gentle, solitary bees are among nature's most efficient pollinators, visiting up to ...

A new study reveals widespread losses of pollinators in the UK over the past three decades. Based on the areas they occupy, one-third of wild bee and hoverfly species declined between 1980 and 2013, ...

Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite is Senior Agriculture Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Unfortunately, pollinators are ...

A mobile-based Internet of Things (IoT) system is helping farmers support one of humanity’s biggest food chain benefactors: the humble - but absolutely vital - bee. Using a combination of 2G-based SIM ...