UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4, 2023 (ENS) – Numbers of bees and other pollinator species have declined worldwide, as these insects suffer due to pesticides and pathogens, likely amplified by ...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While pollinator populations of many species have plummeted worldwide, one bee species is blowing up the map with its rapid population expansion. The key to this insect’s ...
Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume—and how pollinators interact with the plant—can go ...
Margarita Lopez-Uribe reveals how squash bees evolved to thrive on our modern farms. Pollination gets personal when Shane meets Margarita Lopez-Uribe, an entomologist who studies squash bees — a wild, ...
A female squash bee collects pollen on a squash flower in Loganton, Pennsylvania. Researchers found that variation in squash bees' heat tolerance was influenced by size, sex and infection status of ...
As you carve a jack-o’-lantern this Halloween season, take some time to reflect on how a bee made this annual ritual possible. Without a bee to pollinate the pumpkin flower, there would not be a ...
Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume - and how pollinators interact with the plant - can ...