He says that the company has found a way to mechanically pollinate crops in a similar way to bees. "We are not replacing bees... but rather, offering more efficient pollinating methods to farmers ...

Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important ...

Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ...

Pollination is a process that fertilises plants and allows them to produce seeds, meaning more plants grow and we get more delicious food or beautiful flowers. While bees aren’t Earth’s only ...

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside ...

When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower traits.

New research shows flies can tolerate temperatures 2.3°C lower than bees before losing motor function ... crops like chocolate that depend on fly pollination and for high-altitude ecosystems ...