Reuters

Honey bee crisis threatens English fruit farmers

LONDON (Reuters) - Where in the United States, fruit farmers pay to have bees trucked thousands of miles to pollinate their crops and in parts of China, humans with feather dusters have taken on the ...
Salon

Bees and hoverflies are key to growing more fruit and veg in cities

Accessing affordable fruit and vegetables is a significant challenge for the 1.2 million UK residents living in what are known as “food deserts“. People in these neighborhoods are unable to purchase ...
Penn Live

Robot bees, mosquito-killing plants, and why some fruit trees have boom-and-bust cycles

Researchers have been hard at work lately trying to better understand plants and the intricacies involved in growing them. Researchers at Penn State University’s Fruit Research and Extension Center in ...
The Conversation

Making farming better for bees: can we breed crops that produce more nectar and pollen?

Ciaran Harris receives funding from the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust. Francis Ratnieks does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
Yahoo

The invasive Asian hornet endangering bees, fruit in Western Europe

Stefan Berg and his Bavarian colleagues are fighting an almost hopeless battle. The head of the Bavarian Institute for Bee Research and Beekeeping in Veitshöchheim near Würzburg and other beekeepers ...
The Conversation

Bees and hoverflies are key to growing more fruit and veg in cities – new research

Elizabeth Nicholls receives funding from a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (MR/T021691/1) and the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. Accessing affordable fruit and vegetables is a significant ...