Flowers equal food for bees, and they also occur on trees, shrubs, fruits and vegetables, herbs, grasses and ground cover. So think beyond the flower bed when it comes to feeding bees.

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.

Bees can swallow microplastics with nectar, too, so that they accumulate in their guts. The consequences may be serious. A 2024 study by Baracchi and his colleagues found that polystyrene and ...

Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating 'flower constancy' beyond Darwin's theory. Story by Science X staff • 21h.

Flower power on Indian farms helps bees and boosts livelihoods. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 11 / 231129003838.htm. University of Reading.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists 156 species of bees as vulnerable, 20 as endangered, and 11 as critically endangered globally. While those numbers are ...

From this information, we could assess and precisely time every single decision the bees made. We found bees very quickly learned to identify the most rewarding flowers. They quickly assessed whether ...

Flower shape and size impact bees’ chances of catching gut parasites. Parasite transmission was lower when the insects landed on long, narrow flowers.

Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating 'flower constancy' beyond Darwin's theory. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...