Flowers use a variety of strategies to inform pollinating insects about their pollen reserves, including color, smell and even electrical changes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

We see them everywhere in spring: colorful flowers that seem to call out to bees, butterflies, and other insects. These visitors, called pollinators, are essential for the reproduction of flowering ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...