The bee is one of nature’s most prolific pollinators. There are over 20,000 bee species, most of which spread pollen between flowers. Bees can be divided into groups based on their social behavior.

If you’ve been out among blooming flowers lately, especially in the more outlying areas, you have probably seen the familiar ...

As bees collect nectar, pollen from the flowers sticks to their bodies. When bees visit other blossoms, they transfer this pollen, facilitating the reproduction of plants and ensuring biodiversity.

Bees are true master bakers. Of all the things they produce, honey is their sweetest and tastiest specialty. To make it, worker bees fly from flower to flower collecting nectar.

Honey is made after bees collect nectar from flowers and store it in their bodies. As enzymes break down the nectar into simple sugars, bees will regurgitate this substance to one another until it ...

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Bumblebees, carpenter bees, honey bees, digger bees and a variety of small native bees collect the nectar of this evergreen shrub. Ocean spray: Larval host for spring azure, brown elfin and ...

If the nectar reward on the vertical flowers is not worth spending the extra time to collect, bumblebees will give up and forage from the horizontal flowers instead. CREDIT: Hamish Symington.