If you're looking for a plant that produces lovely flowers, thrives in the shade, and attracts pollinators, this beautiful ...

From oceanspray that hosts spring azure butterflies to zinnias that attract a wide array of pollinators, these 12 plants create a thriving ecosystem.

Native plants and insects evolved together making them the best match for each other. Nativar flowers often have reduced ...

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...

The Case for Keeping Carpenter Bees Around. Carpenter bees are native pollinators. They collect pollen and nectar to feed ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Fertilizers may change the way flowers "look" to bees and discourage them from pollinating, a study suggests. Flowers attract bees using small electric fields that bees can learn to recognize. The ...

Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...

Experts explain why some bees fall asleep inside flowers and how petals help protect them from cold, exhaustion, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of ...