pollinators

The discovery that what was long believed to be one fly species is actually two deepens researchers’ understanding of plant-pollinator relationships in a unique habitat in southern Africa.

Asian giant hornets were found for the first time in Washington State and could reemerge in the spring.

A decade-long study tallies the numbers of pest-eating, flower-pollinating hoverflies that travel to the UK every year, and illustrates their important ecological roles in southern Britain.

Flupyradifurone, sold as Sivanto, is reported to have greater lethal and sublethal effects on honey bees when combined with a common fungicide.

Over 30 years, one-third of the wild bees and hoverfly species surveyed sustained losses, likely due to pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change.

Thought to be a nectar con artist, the candy spider-orchid actually does feed its pollinators, a select group of bees.

The insects fell silent as the moon cast a shadow over parts of North America last summer, researchers report.

Urban colonies had more offspring, survived longer, and hosted fewer parasites.

Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators.

Scientists identify floral temperature patterns as a sensory cue that may help bees identify flower species. 

Scientists discover the real pollinators of a popular houseplant flower. 

Female South African bees evolved lengthy limbs to better amass oil from the snapdragon flowers they pollinate.

The first global evaluation of populations demonstrates that certain species are diminishing considerably.