Science news articles about 'bee pollination'

... cousins, and that this is likely contributing to reductions in the natural pollinating bee population. Otterstatter and Thomson investigated ... hives, may pose a substantial threat to wild bee pollinators. The authors emphasize that improved management ...

... with recruitment pheromone and monitored their foraging patterns. Bees learned that anise-scented flowers were the most rewarding ... activity in bumblebee colonies, which could increase the effectiveness of these bees pollinating important commercial crops such as tomatoes ...

... between organisms—like the relationship between flowering plants and their bee pollinators. But sometimes these blissful relationships have a dark side, as Harvard biologist Megan Frederickson describes ...

... 80 percent of food crops depend on pollination." In Michigan, fruit and vegetable crops valued ... to the state's economy each year. Nationwide, bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added ...

... we can track orchid bees to get at the distances and spatial patterns involved in pollination—vital details ... , long-distance movements. "These data help to explain how orchids these bees pollinate can be so rare ...

... of a decline in the population of bees and other flower-visiting animals have aroused fear and speculation that pollination is also likely ... flowers to that of flowers that are supplementally pollinated by hand. "Early in the year, when bumble bee queens are still ...

A study of snapdragons shows that bees pollinate red or red-striped flowers more than white or pink flowers, creating selection pressure

... of non-Bt cotton fields resulting from bee pollination between Bt and non-Bt cotton ... of all relevant neighboring fields, the effect of pollinators like bees and human factors that can result in the mixing ...

... genetic differentiation among the populations, the two bee-pollinated species were found to have genetic clusters that were distinct ... and prevent plants from shifting back to a more confined bee-pollination syndrome. Furthermore, the results from Kramer ...

... , have implications for what pesticides should be applied to bee-pollinated crops and shed light on one of the main ... scientists said their discoveries not only have implications for how pesticides are applied and used in bee-pollinated crops, but provide an additional chemical ...