A bee was seen packing a huge amount of pollen into its hind-leg baskets while pollinating a prickly pear cactus flower in San Diego, California.

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

Most garden enthusiasts know that certain flowers can attract pollinators. New research helps explain why and also provides more details about how the nutrition found in plant pollen may determine ...

Bumblebees may be carrying a far heavier burden of toxic metals than honeybees, even when both species forage in the same ...

Honey bee workers collecting artificial pollen diets from a feeding dish. The bees can distinguish diets by color, taste and/or smell, and they show dietary preferences accordingly. Moreover, in ...