Establishing multispecies cover crops into a standing crop of wheat has shown promise in a replicated large-scale trial in ...

Did you know that 75-95 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators for pollination? North Carolina has a $78-billion agriculture economy that depends on pollinators for crops such as ...

Climate change and rising temperatures pose a major threat to cacao production across the globe, with those impacts already felt in major producers such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A new study ...

When everything in nature aligns as it should, plants form flowers, then bees and other pollinators drop in to grab the pollen from those flowers, and as they flit from one blossom to the next, they ...

Productivity and getting better results with less is on everyone’s mind. Clients are cutting budgets, interest rates are cutting into everyone’s disposable income and life is expensive. Return on ...

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When it comes to the critical process of pollination, butterflies ...

Tickling your tomato blossoms and brushing your squash flowers probably aren’t regular tasks on your gardening to-do list, but it turns out that hand pollination, in league with natural processes, can ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable. I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao ...

Given our general reliance on something called “food” you’d think the issue of pollination — and its general decline — might be higher up the world’s agenda. Over 80% of crops require insect ...