Microplastics may confuse bees and other insects, hurting pollination Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an ...

Suetsugu explains, "While self-pollination likely guarantees reproductive success, relying solely on this method risks inbreeding. This may drive the evolution of mechanisms that combine the ...

S eventy-five percent of crops depend on pollination, but BeeHero CEO Omer Davidi says the bee mortality rate, caused in part by climate change, is alarming. BeeHero’s Pollination Insight ...

In the process of buzz pollination and nectar exchange pollination, the interaction patterns and mechanisms between pollinators and floral traits differ significantly. In buzz pollination, the ...

Zibelman joins Pollination’s board following the recent appointment of former Climate Counsellor to the US Treasury Secretary, John Morton, as the company’s head of Americas.

Pollination From Honeybees Could Make Plants Less Fit to Survive and Reproduce Plants visited by honeybees rather than native bees may become more inbred, a new study suggests ...

But recent research on moths’ role in plant pollination suggests the less-heralded insects are just as important as bees — and hints it might be time to give them the respect they deserve.

Environment Animals Insects Move over, bees: The lowly weevil is a power pollinator The long-snouted beetle deserves more buzz for their pollination skills. Laura Baisas May 26, 2023 12:00 PM EDT ...

It sounds straightforward but, in fact, successful cacao pollination is problematic in many regions. Only around 10%-20% of the flowers produced by a cacao tree are successfully pollinated.