Tag: pollination

  • Health

    When pollinator populations are in peril

    New Harvard study finds pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually.

    Bee collecting pollen.
  • Science & Tech

    Making use of the head

    Blue-banded bees bent on pollination bang their heads against tomato plants at a rate of 350 times per second, a Harvard researcher found.

  • Science & Tech

    Are failing bees our warning sign?

    Harvard School of Public Health Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology Chengsheng (Alex) Lu outlines the danger posed to our food supply — and possibly to us — by the collapse of honeybee colonies.

  • Health

    Flower power

    Four creations are back on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s Glass Flowers gallery after a long absence.