Honey bees aren’t the only insects that pollinate crops, but we often overlook or lump together all other, non-bee pollinators – flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, wasps, ants, birds, and bats, just ...

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...

Concern began with the precipitous decline of honeybee populations in the early 2000s. Suddenly, farmers and orchardists were struggling to find sufficient numbers of bees to pollinate their crops.

Not all commercial wildflower seed mixes are created equal in the eyes of our insect overlords. Wildflower seed mix test plots. (Copyright by Natasha de Vere ...

In the movie Field of Dreams, a struggling Iowa farmer hears a voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come.” Acting on a vision, he turns a cornfield into a baseball diamond. The ghosts of old ...