Female bees are the most important pollinators in our region, because they collect pollen and nectar to feed their offspring. This means they visit more flowers per unit time and are more likely to ...

The film "Bumblebee" explores the life cycle of bumblebees, focusing on a queen bee that emerges from hibernation and establishes a nest in an abandoned burrow. It details her role in laying eggs ...

Classic island biogeography theory predicts that biodiversity and abundance should increase with island size; we make similar predictions for fragmented ecosystems. We’ve shown that pollinator ...

Mason bees have much more threshold of temperature to become active and start flying around, seeking out your plants and because they are solitary creatures (not living in a hive) they are not ...

Most of the world’s crops are dependent on bee pollination and yet bee populations are in decline. Often their natural habitats have been removed and in the periods when crops are not blooming, bees ...

Honey bee pollination is critical for food production, according to the USDA. Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects. As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting bees are among ...