A recent study investigates the role of sonic vibrations in improving pollination efficiency and fruit size in tomatoes. By simulating bee-like vibrations using non-contact sonication technology, the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images If your tomato plants are flowering but not producing fruit, you might be ...

Tomato plants can look healthy yet produce no fruit. Often, the problem isn’t fertilizer or sunlight — it’s pollination. These four simple hand-pollination methods help transfer pollen when wind and ...

When I first planted my garden, it felt like setting up a stage for a performance, where the main actors—bees and butterflies ...

Given our general reliance on something called “food” you’d think the issue of pollination — and its general decline — might be higher up the world’s agenda. Over 80% of crops require insect ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature's most ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are researching alternative methods by which growers can pollinate cranberries, including the possibility of wild bees. “We’ve ...