Life is not always easy for a bee: Not all plants place their pollen outside. Some flowers have to be set to vibrating before the pollen can get out of their tube-like stamens. Certain bee species ...

Tens of thousands of plants native to Wisconsin have been planted in Green Bay in the last few years to create a food highway ...

Honeybees are indispensable to commercial crop pollination, but simply putting hives in an orchard does not guarantee results ...

The USDA Economic Research Service released the June Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook on June 18. Though the monthly report is focused on sugar prices and production and import volume, this month’s report ...

New research backed by Defra hoped to boost insights for growers and breeders into optimal pollination methods ...

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

A new humanoid robot designed to support crop breeding has been unveiled in Beijing, ...

Why have some plant species changed pollinators in their evolution? An international team of researchers studied the reproductive systems of three sister species pairs, where one species is pollinated ...

Pollinators -- such as bees, butterflies and birds -- are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and ...

Pollination is complete for most cornfields in Iowa, but it is still important to continue scouting for insect pests that may ...

Most people assume plants reproduce through whatever pollen happens to land on them. This is not true. A collaborative ...