Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy -- i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present -- has been understood as a passive ...

Luckily, Massachusetts has plenty of parks, gardens and public spaces with beautiful blooms that make for the perfect spring ...

It may look like the last thing you'd want to eat, but that scary-looking bull thistle is edible. Here's how to prepare it ...

Salvias will attract many different species of pollinators. The containers on my step were bumble bee magnets. I enjoyed ...

More information: Kentaro Takagi et al, Realized flower constancy in bumble bees: Optimal foraging strategy balancing cognitive and travel costs and its possible consequences for floral diversity ...