Bees and butterflies might be the best-known pollinators, but they aren’t the only ones. Bats, birds, beetles, wasps and flies play an important role, too. Rae Olsson, a postdoctoral research ...

Ask the Experts: What Are Bee Flies? “What is this strange insect on my plumbago? Is it a pollinator?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Caitlin Buelow of Vail, Arizona. Birds & Blooms experts Kenn and ...

An observational study found that out of more than 2,400 pollinator visits to flowers at urban and rural farms in in Western Washington about 35% of were made by flies -- most of which were the ...

As the weather gets warmer and the gardening season gets into full swing, more insects will soon be spotted flying around your property. Flower flies (scientific name: Syrphidae) are a misunderstood ...

A bee flies away from blooms of a chicory plant growing in the middle of a farm field near Watertown recently. The dry conditions have lead to the wildflower thriving alongside roadways and other open ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Washington State University is buzzing after researchers created a robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions. Researchers have been trying to develop artificial flying ...

The unlikely friendship between a woman and a bumblebee has taken the internet by storm. In a video shared on Twitter by The Dodo, a woman named Tiana told the story of Bumble — a bumblebee she found ...