Flowers add beauty and charm to any garden, but they also attract various insects that can cause significant damage. As a passionate gardener, I’ve encountered many pests that feast on my beloved ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows.

Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

Air pollution is changing the way flowers smell, leaving pollinators lost and the ecosystem in peril By Alex Mitchell Published Feb. 9, 2024, 8:19 p.m. ET ...

Flowers use a variety of strategies to inform pollinating insects about their pollen reserves, including color, smell and even electrical changes.

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, they learned to avoid spider-infested flowers and meticulously scanned every flower before landing.

What insects pollinate? The list of insect pollinators is long and includes many different species of bees, flies, wasps, beetles, butterflies and moths. Even species with a bad reputation such as ...

Many also attract and harbor plant-damaging insect pests and disease organisms in the garden. No matter how well you plan, plant, and care for your gardens, insect pest problems can arise.

Flowers and flowering plant species increased as well. Total insect abundance tripled, while native bees showed a 20-fold increase in numbers. The most numerous insect groups observed were beetles, ...