Bees release microbes during this process, which can alter their gut microbiome. Scientists thought that monocultures such as sunflower fields would lead to the restructuring and homogenization of ...

So, the flowers need to be in place before the bees arrive. Researchers found that if they rotated sunflowers to face west they got way fewer visitors. The bees are after the bright pollen on these ...

I have an idea: Why not grow some annual sunflowers, Helianthus annuus, to feed the bees, butterflies, birds, and you? They are so easy to start from seed, so if you have never grown plants from seed ...