These plants can heat themselves up—scientists finally know why

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

The Best Plants for Attracting Beneficial Insects

Ever notice how some gardens seem to thrive with fewer pests and more blooms? The secret often lies in attracting the right ...

How Flowering Plants Attract Pollinators

Flowering plants attract pollinators through a combination of visual cues, scents, and rewards like nectar and pollen.
Post and Courier

BOMMER'S BEES: Bees are collecting pollen as they ready for winter

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 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansan’s pollen studies look for clues to native bees’ health

Claire Green knew she liked being outside. "I knew I liked parks. When I went to high school, I got very involved with the National Park Service, so I kind of knew that nature was something that I was ...
Chicago Tribune

Pollen season is lasting longer, worsening allergies and altering pollinators

Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews. Specifically, bees and wasps and a whole lot of sneezing. “It’s gotten to a point, like, I ...
Fast Company

This new cutting-edge sunscreen is made from pollen—and doesn’t hurt the ocean

When you apply sunscreen at the beach, it doesn’t necessarily stay on your skin. Some of that sunscreen can wash off when you swim, and the chemicals that shield you from ultraviolet rays end up ...
Women's Health

‘I used an under-desk treadmill every day for 2 weeks – here’s everything I learned'

Under-desk treadmills (a.k.a walking pads) are having a moment. Google searches for ‘under the desk treadmills’ have spiked by a whopping 300% in the last year alone, while on TikTok, videos with the ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Feral’ honeybees are hogging all the pollen in SoCal. Here’s how to help our native bees

Well, we blinked, and now it’s August, usually the dog days of summer, a.k.a. SoCal’s hottest temps of the year, when your zucchini go into hyperdrive and your tomatoes stop producing because it’s ...
Los Angeles Times

Foreign, feral honeybees are crowding out native bee species in southern California

You’ve probably heard the phrase: “Save the bees.” But new research suggests we may need to be more specific about which bees we’re saving. The problem is that this dominance may be coming at the cost ...
Science Daily

Honey bees remove 80% of pollen—leaving native bees with nothing

Feral honey bees, once celebrated for their agricultural value, are now threatening native ecosystems in Southern California by monopolizing pollen sources and overwhelming native pollinators. A new ...
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Nectar vs pollen: the key difference between bees’ favourite foods

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