Bees are more likely to avoid flowers sprayed with fertilizers and pesticides because of the way these chemicals alter a plant’s natural electric field, according to a new study (PNAS Nexus 2022, DOI: ...
Fertilizers may change the way flowers "look" to bees and discourage them from pollinating, a study suggests. Flowers attract bees using small electric fields that bees can learn to recognize. The ...
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Why fall is an important season for pollinators
(WFRV) – When we think about pollinators, spring and summer often comes to mind. But as we head into fall, bees, butterflies, ...
Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...
A female green hermit hummingbird hovers over a tropical species of spiral ginger in Las Alturas, Costa Rica. A new study by plant biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges a ...
Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...
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