Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a ...
Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...
A common complaint that we hear from local opposition to solar projects is the potential negative impact on the local environment. A great solution to address these sorts of concerns is Agrivoltaics, ...
Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...
A wide range of plant species rely on insects for pollination, but the diversity of these insect-pollinated plants have decreased dramatically in recent decades Wild flowers are essential to bees and ...
Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect pollinators, finds a new study. Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at ...
More than one-third of the crops that support the human diet rely on animals for pollination. That means the pollination ...
The world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been given a conditional license for use by the US Department of Agriculture to protect the insects from a deadly bacterial disease. Honeybees are a ...
Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...