The goldenrod's pollen sticks to the bee's body, moving with it from flower to flower and leading to pollination. When Charles Darwin studied this orchid and its 10-to-12-inch nectar tube in the ...

"It is only by going out and documenting these new species can we have a better and more comprehensive understanding of how ...

Use the magnifier from Challenge One to look for pollen, the dusty, yellowish powder usually near the center of the flower. Now that kids understand the important of bee habitats, inspire children ...

Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...

The study illustrates how the interplay between plant traits and bee behaviors can shape pollinator communities.

When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different ...

Sprinkling nature's dust, or bee pollen, on food as a supplement is a recent hot topic for ‘superfoods.' The mixture of ...

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee ... flowers. In a single collecting trip, a worker will visit between 50 and 100 flowers. She will return to the hive carrying over half her weight in ...

When a bee lands on another plant the pollen rubs off on a part of the flower called then the stigma ... like meadows full of wildflowers and wooded areas. Some of these areas are being replaced ...

"The process of documenting bee biodiversity started centuries ago, but scientists are still discovering new species all the time," said James Hung, OU assistant professor of biology and co-author ...