Honeybees have long depended entirely on flower pollen for a group of essential fats called sterols, nutrients they cannot ...

Anyone who has watched a large, heavy-bodied bee moving slowly from flower to flower on a hot day has seen an insect working ...

It is well known that animal-pollinated plants usually offer nectar or pollen to reward vectors for pollen transfer. While nectar is a kind of sugar water, pollen is protein-rich, a must-need nutrient ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn't ...

As the number of bees and other pollinators falls, field pansies are adapting by fertilizing their own seeds, a new study found. By Carl Zimmer Every spring, trillions of flowers mate with the help of ...

Just as careful blending of eye shadow can make a difference to our looks, a recent study has shown how flowers go to ...

Magnolia trees are admired around the world for their large, fragrant flowers, but they also preserve one of the oldest ...