Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying ...

Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields! Spring is in the air!! We're all thawing out from winter's chill, and for bees and flowers this season is about one thing ...

I was reading a children's book about insects to my daughter, and it said that bees see colors differently than humans do. My daughter immediately asked, in short succession: "What colors do they see?

On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz around a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Worker bees taking off in search of water, nectar and pollen mingle with bees ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A honey bee’s life depends on it successfully harvesting nectar from flowers ...

Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying pollinator friends decide what plants to feast upon, and which to flutter ...