When drought conditions hit, researchers say some flowering plants get stressed and can alter their smell, colour and nectar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While it is true that dandelions are helpful to bees in the earlier months of spring, there are other pollinating plants that are ...

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 times ...

Occasional sunshine and warmer days trigger activity in nature, from early snowdrops and daffodils to emerging butterflies that have hibernated over winter. Sunny days stir queen bumblebees into ...

“It’s complex and that’s what makes it fascinating,” Reid said. It’s a hobby that takes some trial and error. “At some point your bees are going to die ...

For more than a decade, ecologists have been warning of a downward trend in bumble bee populations across North America, with habitat destruction a primary culprit in those losses. While efforts to ...

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