Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter in local gardens especially need ...

The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Basswood flowers produce an abundance of nectar from which choice honey is ...

A new study has found higher concentrations of nectar from native New Zealand plant species in the drier eastern parts of the motu. Flowers produced high-sugar nectar which fed birds and insects, and ...

I’ve been keeping bees for almost 40 years now. Nothing big. Never more than 50 hives. One of the first things I wanted to learn about bees is what they made their honey from. I learned that I lived ...

The pentailed tree shrew has been found by an international team of researchers to drink copious amounts of fermented floral nectar, yet appears to remain sober. The same relative amount of beer drunk ...

The Shivalik foothills in spring tend to be dominated by silk cotton trees (Semul). The tree towers over other flora, which are still seeking relief from winter’s tawny hues, and its vivid blooms on a ...

Other works of PRDI include research, development, implementation and popularising various edible and non-edible products of palm trees so that it benefits rural employment generation. The Prohibition ...

Has the almond tree developed a unique way of drawing potential pollinators? A group of researchers in Israel speculate that the toxin called amygdalin that is found in almond tree nectar is in fact ...

If almond trees want to attract insects to pollinate their flowers, why are they the only known plant to have a powerful poison in their nectar? A University of Haifa study has revealed that bees are ...