Agricultural crops such as fruits rely on honeybees for much of their pollination work, but in recent years, honeybee populations have declined globally due to the use of pesticides, other insect ...
• The relative frequencies of functional traits of plant species show notable spatial variation, which is often related to environmental factors. Pollination type (insect-, wind- or self-pollination) ...
Scientists in Japan have found they can pollinate fruit trees using soap bubbles coated in pollen. A team of researchers from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, led by Eijiro ...
The role honey bees play in agriculture is essential, especially for crops that aren’t self-pollinating. This is the case with almonds, for example, where a drop in the local bee population directly ...
Most of our food is from angiosperms, while more than 90% of angiosperms require insect pollination - making this pollination method hugely important. Nevertheless, scientists have long been unclear ...
If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...
Researchers in Japan have developed a soap bubble-based pollination method that is as effective as doing it by hand. By Cara Giaimo As wild insect populations decline and commercial honeybee colonies ...
Tomatoes are cherished for their vibrant colours and juicy flavours and are a practical addition to every vegetable garden. Many gardeners know the frustration of tomato plants laden with flowers but ...
If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...