#pollination

#pollination

Webbing on a watermelon rind, often mistaken for blemishes, is a sign of good pollination and may indicate the sweetest fruit available.

Recent studies suggest planting strips of wildflowers alongside crops boosts pollination and promotes higher yields.

Many fruit trees need to be pollinated to produce fruit. Outside, helpful bees and other pollinators handle this. But assuming you're not going to welcome bees into your house, pollinating falls to you.

Conservation and horticulture groups say year-round low-mowing while selectively leaving native plants to grow can save huge amounts of drinking water and lead to lasting and impactful ecological changes.

Plants have been found to sense the buzzing of bees and respond by increasing nectar production, indicating a more cooperative relationship with pollinators than previously thought.

This year, before the researchers could uncover what exactly had killed the bees, the Trump administration's sweeping federal funding cuts scrambled the operation.

Skunk cabbage's odour, reminiscent of rotting meat, draws specific beetles and flies for pollination, challenging our perceptions of floral scents in nature.

Take the majority of what you know about honeybees and throw it away. It does not apply to our native bee friends.

The Ethiopian wolf is primarily a carnivorous animal, living predominantly in Ethiopia's highlands. However, recent studies reveal that these wolves also consume nectar from the red hot poker plant, indicating a surprising dietary flexibility.

Eduardo Flores lost half of his bee colonies in the Mountain fire, which destroyed 150 hives valued over $35,000, showcasing the devastating impact of wildfire on pollinator populations.