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Some Plants Attract Pollinators By Heating Themselves and It’s Probably the Oldest Pollination Strategy
A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...
Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...
Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...
A Chile-based ag technology company says its liquid pollination system can lift fruit set in United States orchards by about ...
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Inside the Battle Between Bumble Bees and Invasive Ants
Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.
Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...
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 ...
The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...
If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...
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