A Japanese dogbane plant species tricks flies by mimicking the scent of injured ants - the first case of plants using ant ...

An observational study found that out of more than 2,400 pollinator visits to flowers at urban and rural farms in in Western Washington about 35% of were made by flies -- most of which were the ...

For many years now, there has been a very strong movement to bring attention to the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem. From my view within the garden industry, this movement has created ...

Thousands of native bee species buzz about our continent, tending to our gardens and ecosystems. Some are obvious, like ...

One of the largest threats to bees is a lack of safe habitat where they can build homes and find a variety of nutritious food sources.It’s no secret that healthy bee and butterfly populations are ...

After a semester in a class, most students gain new knowledge, skills and maybe some new friends. For students in Assistant ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

Entomologists have now shown that the more plant species there are in a meadow, the more bee species are needed for pollination. They found that the less common bees often visited specific plants ...

Native bees cannot be hosts of varroa mite, according to the CSIRO. And while not all native species pollinate agricultural ...

Plants can maximise their chances of reproduction by taking advantage of how insects move between flowers when they track down nectar, a study suggests. In one of the first studies of its type, ...