Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

Almost three-fourths of all crops depend on insect pollinators attracted by floral scents. Honey bees alone are responsible for pollinating one third of U.S. crops. Boosting floral scents would not ...

Groom's article on the pollination of exotic flowers (November ... I have not seen insects visiting the flowers, neither have I found them in the pitchers, and conclude that the birds are ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

On a walk last week, I came across an advertisement that said, “No bugs, simply better,” and I wondered if that is truly the case. The answer is no. So, what is it that bugs do for us? First off, let ...

In the instances at left, the violet flowers gain the benefits of genetic diversity via insect pollination as well as of being able to grow outside of insect pollinators' range via self-pollination.

Feb. 1, at 3:30 pm, head over to the West Tisbury library for a presentation about pollinators with naturalist Matt Pelikan.

Humans determine if an insect is beneficial, benign or pestiferous. Even when an insect is classified as a pest, it can have, under different circumstances, a beneficial role. A fly in a house is ...

The insects probably still won’t create a problem. But if the remaining 5,000 plants pollinate just 10 days later, and all 30,000 beetles migrate to them, those plants probably won’t pollinate ...

To help make this idea a reality, MIT researchers are developing robotic insects that could someday swarm out of mechanical hives to rapidly perform precise pollination. However ... precision of the ...

Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect for artificial pollination to underpin an entirely indoor farm ...