Caterpillars provide more energy from plants to animals than any other insect. Our native solitary bees pollinate native flowering plants, which maintains plant diversity - they need help, too. 5% of ...

You know bees are beneficial, but you might not know about another beneficial flying insect. Find out what it is and why you ...

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...

Carpenter bees might be pollinators, but they can also be undesirable due to the holes they drill. But are the bees living in ...

These 10 flowering plants attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators during the monsoon. They boost biodiversity, ...

The body size, morphology and associated behavioral traits of flower-visiting insects strongly influence the quantity of pollen they transport. Thus, pollinators with similar appearances are often ...

Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A community-wide STEM project is underway, and it's easy for anyone to get involved. It involves getting a head count of pollinators like insects when they land on your favorite ...

Though tomatoes self-pollinate, indoor or sheltered plants may require hand-pollination for fruit production. Hand-pollinate ...