Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

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"Bee pollen, also called bee-collected pollen, is a natural cocktail of flower pollen, floral nectar, enzymes and salivary secretions produced by honey bees," says Sapna Punjabi, registered ...

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Flower shape and size impact urban bee survival. Discover how planting diverse blooms can support wild bee populations.

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The oil bee collects pollen from loosestrife flowers (center) and then brings a pollen ball back to its nest. The cuckoo bee, which doesn’t have any physical apparatus for collecting pollen ...

Pollinators help move pollen from the anther of a flower to ... Joe-pye weed, cardinal flower, and bee balm are great late summer perennials, followed by goldenrod and asters in the fall.

A recent survey found an average loss of 62% of bee colonies among commercial operations in less than a year. Causes and ...