The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

Scientists have discovered that pollen is a hidden source of natural medicine for honeybees. Symbiotic bacteria called Streptomyces produce antimicrobial compounds that fight deadly bee and plant ...

Bee pollen contains protein, vitamins, and minerals. In humans, it may help regulate the immune system and promote wound healing. But, collecting it may adversely affect the health of the bees and ...

1/19: Bees collect pollen and nectar Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the Northland Arboretum in Baxter. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch 2/19: Bees collect pollen and nectar Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, ...

Honeybees collect a surprising amount of pollen from plants like goldenrod, poison ivy, clover and ragweed — “Things that most people would consider weeds,” said Kimberly Stoner, the senior author of ...

A honeybee collects pollen from Japanese privet. (Photo by David Ammon) STARKVILLE, Miss.—While flowers are known to be most attractive to bees, less is known about the nutrition flowers actually ...

Bee pollen is the flower pollen from various plants, including buckwheat, maize, pine and typha. Worker bees collect pollen on their legs and bodies, mix it with salivary gland secretions or nectar, ...

The first days of spring – brighter and warmer – are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up from hibernation and begin to build future colonies. These enormous bees, sometimes two to three ...