Bees that have been exposed to nicotine make very bad decisions that are not in their own self-interest, according to new research. Nicotine is produced naturally by some plants that use insect ...

Flower nectar often contains small amounts of alcohol, meaning pollinators like hummingbirds are drinking it all day long.

If you’ve ever watched a bee disappear into a flower and come out covered in pollen like it just rolled in pixie dust, you ...

When flowers start to dry up and die, bees struggle to find nectar and pollen. Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science, ...

Researchers have found that the presence of yeasts can alter the chemical composition and thus the nutritional value of nectar for pollinators such as bees. Moreover, the study found that yeasts can ...

It’s called nectar robbing: Bees get nectar, but don’t pollinate the plants in exchange. With their short tongues, Valley carpenter bees can’t easily drink the nectar from tubular flowers. So they use ...

A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside is studying a species of "vulture bee" that has swapped a vegetarian diet for carrion meat by developing an extra tooth and gut bacteria ...

Hummingbirds are the high-performance athletes of the avian world. With heart rates topping 1,200 beats per minute, they are ...