Pollination

A ‘beefluencer’ builds wildflower seed dispensers from gumball machines

German gardener Sebastian Everding has repurposed gumball machines, retrofitting them to take coins to dispense wildflower seeds –– all to help bees thrive.

'Bees killed males' in black year for European beekeepers

Climate crisis, bee mortality and Chinese "adulterated" honey curtailed harvest as well as the demand for European honey, beekeeper associations say. To save colonies, "the bees have killed all the males to get rid of extra mouths to feed" in Italy.

Climate change puts bees and pollinating insects at risk

Climate change and the use of pesticides are killing the world’s bee population, endangering the survival of global agriculture.