Plant pollens vary in quality as food sources for bees, and pollen from the sunflower family (the family that includes dandelions, daisies, and thistles) is known to have some unpleasant qualities.

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Sept. 26 (UPI) --Great access to sunflowers and their pollen could help keep vulnerable bee populations pathogen-free. In experiments carried out by researchers at North Carolina State University and ...

RALEIGH – With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers. The study, conducted by ...

LAFAYETTE — Kelly Bradley could barely finish a sentence as she walked excitedly through her garden behind Springhill Elementary. Every sentence was interrupted when she caught sight of something that ...

Over the past decade, scientists have been grappling with the worrying decline of bee populations. Sunflower plants could provide a solution, according to a study. The pollen in the bright yellow ...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo., June 14 (UPI) --Sunflower pollen specialization has evolved multiple times among bee species, which is odd, because studies show bees fed an all sunflower pollen diet exhibited ...

With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers. The study, conducted by ...

Bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen show dramatically lower rates of infection by two separate pathogens, suggesting medicinal and protective effects for pollinators in peril. With bee populations in ...

Solitary mason bees specializing on sunflower pollen were not attacked by a common brood-parasitic wasp, which lays eggs in the nests, where its larvae kill bee eggs and eat their pollen provisions.