Urban bees feed entirely on flowers when given the chance and eschew human food. Urban bees feed entirely on flowers when given the chance and eschew human food. Lauren Nichols Six years ago, Brooklyn ...

Urban beekeeping is a growing trend, but some scientists have worried bees in the city might turn to processed sugars for food. N.C. State researcher Clint Penick was inspired to study urban bee diets ...

The other flowers a bee has visited recently will influence how it judges this one. Scott-Cartwright-Photography/Moment via Getty Images Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the ...

Carin Celebuski is a beekeeper and horticulturist who moved from a small yard in suburban Washington two years ago to an 80-acre farm north of Baltimore. You might think that shifting beehives from ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields—acres ...

Chittka and Hunt trained bees to feed on a nectar-like substance they found within artificial flowers that were colored either yellow or with black and white rings. When the researchers tested bees ...

After an early October freeze, the flowers and plants that bees have relied on all summer for food are dead or dying and now the bees are on a "feeding frenzy." Pinky Reinsch wondered why there seemed ...

Bees can learn to recognize human faces, or at least face-like patterns, a new study suggests. Rather than specifically recognizing people, these nectar-feeding creatures view us as "strange flowers," ...

Many cities are introducing green areas to protect their fauna. Amongst such measures are flower strips, which provide support to flower-visiting insects, insect- and seed-eating birds. According to ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn't ...