The Hidden Role of Bats in Pollination That Keeps Many Plants and Crops Thriving: Bats are often misunderstood, yet they play ...

Linking the functional role of plants and pollinators in pollination networks to ecosystem functioning and resistance to perturbations can represent a valuable knowledge to implement sound ...

That bee you see buzzing from flower to flower might actually be an undercover operator: a hoverfly. And a team of scientists wants you to stop taking them for granted. The decline of bee populations ...

Pollinators -- such as bees, butterflies and birds -- are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and ...

Pollinating tomatoes by hand can ensure that more fruit develops.

Wild and managed pollinator taxa (including bees, flies, beetles, butterflies and moths) provide and stabilise pollination services throughout agricultural and natural systems 1,2,3. Yet, high ...

Why have some plant species changed pollinators in their evolution? An international team of researchers studied the reproductive systems of three sister species pairs, where one species is pollinated ...

Baby corn, essentially unfertilized young ears of corn, is a specialty food gaining interest for its high nutrition and low calorie count. It also has significant economic value as a quick-turnaround ...

Miniature drones are being used to pollinate indoor crops as part of research looking at alternatives to honey bee pollination. Singapore company Polybee is testing its drones at the University of ...

A joint Fairfax-ABC investigation recently reported on allegations that a number of well-known brands of honey contained substitute ingredients. Featured in the report, screened on the 7.30 program, ...