Mandrake, whose name was selected from a pool of public submissions during a social media contest, began opening earlier this month and is expected to fully bloom in the next few days. The pollination ...

Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated either by wind shaking flowers or by bees, which fly into the flowers and vibrate, releasing the pollen into the air. But inside a greenhouse or indoor ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas Just about any other flower would smell sweeter, but that hasn t stopped East Texas plant lovers from admiring the rare blooms of one variety. Braving an odor likened to rotting ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Bees aren’t the only important pollinators that the world needs to protect, according to a survey recently released by the University of Queensland in Australia that analyzed the role of flies, ...

Buzzing by bees during flower pollination is significantly more powerful than that used for defense or flight, according to a new study. Buzzing by bees during flower pollination is significantly more ...

Have you ever seen two different flowers and wished one existed in a merge of both? Luckily for you, this is actually possible - and it’s much more simple to do than you think. The process is referred ...