Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. The parasite (Crithidia bombi) is transmitted when the insects accidentally ingest contaminated bee feces, which “tends to ...

Read on to learn about our favorite flowers that grow easily from seed: Marigold. Marigolds come in heights ranging from 6 ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn — When it comes to attracting pollinators to your garden, we always say to make sure you have something blooming all season long and that natives are better than cultivars. But ...

If you want to attract beautiful native swallowtail butterflies to your yard, planting shrubs with a long, abundant flowering ...

The fit between flower and pollinator is key: Bats pollinate wide flowers better, while hummingbirds transfer more pollen between narrow flowers. Videotaping demonstrated that a poor fit fails to ...

Flower generalization has often been viewed as a suboptimal solution to managing the needs of different visitors. Researchers have developed a framework to examine flower-animal interactions and how ...