Agronomists and farmers are finding some pollination issues in specific genetics that were impacted by environmental stress during early, rapid growth. Pollination is always a critical point in corn ...

The numbers of wild pollinators like this yellow-faced bumblebee have declined in areas where the need for crop pollination is high. Wild bee populations have declined significantly since 2008 in ...

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In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that sparse pollination led to an estimated 427,000 deaths every year. This is because suboptimal ...

Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people The global loss of pollinators is already causing about 500,000 early deaths a year by ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...

Ninety percent of flowering plants require the help of animal pollinators to reproduce, including most of the food crops we eat. But massive declines in the populations of bees, the most efficient ...

In the summertime, the air is thick with the low humming of bees delivering pollen from one flower to the next. If you listen closely, a louder buzz may catch your ear. This sound is the key to a ...