A study of the wild Mexican tomatillo Physalis gracilis found the species is completely self-incompatible, shows no pollen ...

Honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators in the U.K., and new research has found evidence of their aggressive behavior, ...

Butterflies are being hit hardest by urban growth. Shrinking habitats and food availability are causing their populations to decline. The same applies to many wild bees that fly early in spring.

Honeybees are common pollinators, but wild bees, including bumble bees, and other insects such as hoverflies, beetles and butterflies, are also needed for pollination and are important in many ...

Honeybees are pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, raising concerns about competition for food and the impact of ...

Honey bees—plump, fuzzy and famed for their honey-making—capture the popular imagination. Yet, wild bees are equally vital for pollination and, by some measures, outshine honey bees as pollinators.

(Beyond Pesticides, August 6, 2020) New research finds that a decline in wild pollinator abundance, notably wild bees, limits crop yields in the U.S., according to the study, “Crop Production in the ...

A two-year study around Cambridge found that honey bees regularly chase, push and intimidate other pollinators away from ...

In 2002, Deirdre Birmingham and her husband, John Biondi, bought a 166-acre farm in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. On a portion of that land—once used to raise cattle and grow feed crops, ...

Orchard crops such as fruits and nuts are being heavily impacted by honey bee shortages for pollination, so growers are relying more and more on wild bees and other native pollinators to ensure an ...

Most people are not aware of the fact that 84% of the European crops are partially or entirely dependent on insect pollination. While managed honeybees pollinate certain crops, wild bees, flies and ...

Newswise — Sheep grazing, rather than honey bees, could be the bigger threat to wild pollinators on Scotland’s moorlands, according to a new University of Bristol-led study. The research, published in ...