(Beyond Pesticides, April 16, 2026) A study of organic tomato agroecosystems with managed and wild bees, published in Apidologie, affirms the importance of protecting natural systems to support ...

Washington produces more blueberries than any other U.S. state, but farmers sometimes struggle to obtain honey bees to pollinate ...

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

Many crops, such as blueberries and strawberries, bear fruit through the activity of pollinating insects, including honeybees ...

Meghalaya’s rich bee diversity, traditional beekeeping, planned Bee Museum stress efforts to promote honey production, ...

We’re thinking about the crisis facing pollinators all wrong. And we’ve come to a crucial moment ...

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 ...

Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...

OSLO, June 16 (Reuters) - Just two percent of wild bee species do almost 80 percent of their work in pollinating crops, according to a study on Tuesday that outlined simple measures for farmers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the ...