Flower garden with a variety of colors, one with a bee on it - Marina Lohrbach/Getty Images As the bee population continues to decline at an alarming rate, it's important to do what we can to help ...

New research shows why glossy flower petals are rare, showing how bright reflections attract bees from afar but blur vital details up close.

Bees are a crucial part of the global food supply, supporting nearly a third of the global crop production. Aside from food production, bees provide half of the world's fibers, oils, and other raw ...

Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers ...

Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. The parasite (Crithidia bombi) is transmitted when the insects accidentally ingest contaminated bee feces, which “tends to ...

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Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little ...

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Among flower parts, bracts were associated with the lowest pathogen survival but highest resulting infection intensity in bee hosts. Additionally, we found that Crithidia survival across flower parts ...

As the bee population continues to decline at an alarming rate, it's important to do what we can to help support these important insects. Bees are not only critical parts of human food production ...