MIT's new robotic insects, inspired by bees, achieve longer flights and enhanced precision, paving the way for autonomous ...

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 ...

They are more like livestock, raised by farmers for honey and bee products production as well as commercial use as pollinators. Many crops have pollination as a yield limiting factor like it is ...

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 ...

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.

of which honey bees are a significant contributor. Pollination is the vital process in flowering plant reproduction involving the transfer of pollen grains from the anther (or male part ...

MIT researchers are developing robotic insects that could someday swarm out of mechanical hives to rapidly perform precise ...

The majority of the commercial beekeepers are involved in the pollination of the almonds and are busy with their preparations. Some of the bees that will be going to California have been shipped ...

Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, transferring pollen from the male to the female parts of the same plant. The late spider orchid however is pollinated ...

Life can’t function without insects. At least, not for long. They pollinate, break down waste, cycle nutrients, and touch ...

MIT researchers are designing robotic insects capable of swarming from mechanical hives to handle precise pollination tasks ... of natural pollinators like bees. More than 100 times longer than ...