Flower strips, seed mixtures, and wild by design. We want to help bees and other vital pollinators, which are in decline all ...

Across the globe, bees and other important pollinators are in trouble. Their numbers are declining, and that’s bad news for ...

With no homes to return to, it’s no surprise these bees search out a flower for shelter, a snack, and a nap. Although social bees are more familiar, in the U.S., 98% of bee species are solitary.

More information: Kentaro Takagi et al, Realized flower constancy in bumble bees: Optimal foraging strategy balancing cognitive and travel costs and its possible consequences for floral diversity ...

Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz. Bumblebees are really good at picking up on cues from flowers, even electrical signals.

My new research shows that bees, in particular, don’t really care about the landscape surrounding flower gardens. They seem to zero in on the particular types of flowers they like, no matter ...

Honey bees are more likely to thrive when their habitats include organically farmed land and flower strips , new research from Germany shows. A team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg ...

Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating "flower constancy" beyond Darwin's theory Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Bees have irrational biases when choosing which flowers to feed on, just like human shoppers do. by Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation ...

Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating 'flower constancy' beyond Darwin's theory Date: April 3, 2025 Source: University of Tsukuba ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn ...