Humans are pushing many of North America’s pollinators dangerously close to extinction, according to a newly released study.
Pollination is the first step of flowering plant reproduction: pollen moves from male flower parts to female flower parts, to fertilize the ovule and produce seeds.
Solitary bees, clockwise, from top left: A blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) pollinating an almond blossom, a leafcutter bee ...
More than 75% of flowering plants rely on a pollinator to set seed or fruit. Pollinators help move pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another. Pollinators can be bees, butterflies ...
If pollen from a hot pepper fertilizes the flower of a sweet pepper, all the hot pepper genes from the father plant go into ...
Isle a la Cache Museum will host a spring exhibit that highlights pollinators and the important role they play in the ...