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As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

Yet their numbers and activity can be as unpredictable as the weather. Larger farms need more dependable sources of pollination. So my honeybees are working for me, and making it possible for me ...

BeeHero, the pioneer of data-driven precision pollination, announced today the expanded application of its Pollination Insight Platform (PIP) to the apple market, providing growers with actionable, ...

But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far? One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one ...

According to recent observations, early signs of spring have already begun in the southern United States. In the Southeast, ...

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important ...

However, the increasing prevalence of artificial light at night poses a threat to these adaptations, potentially disrupting their color vision and, consequently, their pollination activities.

This ensures that bee pollination activity coincides with peak bloom status, thus preventing over-pollination. This precision timing maximizes pollination outcomes and minimizes wasted resources.