• Host a picnic in the flower patch featuring foods made possible by bees, like apples, cherries, guacamole, almonds, melons, and even cheese—since cows often eat pollinated plants. Make bee ...

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. In a single ...

Bee colonies are collapsing for a number of reasons, and experts believe that one of those reasons is a lack of flowers, and ...

the red mason bee and the pasque flower. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

They need bees to spread their pollen and help make new seeds. Bees love nectar so flowers offer up their nectar as a reward for visiting them. And they’ve got manyways of showing what’s on offer.

Exposed bees become weak and disoriented, so they can’t find flowers or their nests, can’t fight off pathogens, and often aren’t able to eat enough. The Center’s Environmental Health program is ...

Bee pollen may also contain some flower nectar and bee digestive enzymes. Once the bees return home with the pollen they collect, other bees cover it with a small amount of beeswax and honey.

The flowers provide a natural source of nectar for butterflies, bees and birds. Plant 20 to 30cm apart to create a neat and colourful border from spring to autumn. With a growth habit of 36cm high ...

Want to make your outdoor space a bee-friendly environment, but not sure where to start? Here are five of the best flowers to plant no matter what size space you’re working with. You don’t ...

Bee-flies have short antennae. Their hovering style of flight is also quite distinctive, although hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) hover well too - but these have much longer antennae ...