Tag: pollination

  • Nation & World

    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.

    3 minutes
    Bee collecting pollen.
  • Nation & World

    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.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Flower power

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

    5 minutes