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Magnolias are so ancient they’re pollinated by beetles — because bees didn’t exist yet

Spring arrives, and with it, the magnolias. Their enormous pink and white blooms unfurl in many parts of the world, but if ...
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5 native plants for nocturnal pollinators – these North American blooms will attract moths, bats and beetles under the cover of darkness

When darkness falls and you are sleeping, there is still lots of activity going on in your garden. Night-time pollinators are hard at work going from plant to plant doing valuable work, and they could ...
AOL

International Bat Appreciation Day: Surprising Things Bats, Birds & Beetles Have in Common

It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 species of invertebrates — like bees, beetles, butterflies, moths and mosquitoes — serve as pollinators worldwide. Around 2,000 mammals, birds, reptiles and ...
The New York Times

A Hot Plant’s Irresistible Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...
Columbus Dispatch

Garden: Helping pollinators in the winter

Everyone loves bees, butterflies, other pollinators and most people understand the critical role which beneficial insects play in the environment. And many gardeners and homeowners have planted native ...
UPI

Decline in bees, other pollinating insects leads to shrinking crops

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...
The Conversation

Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the Education ...
The Herald-Mail

How to help overwintering pollinators

Raise your hand if you want to help butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Good for you. In my last column, I talked about two ways you can help pollinators starting in the fall. Waiting to cut back ...
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Some Plants Attract Pollinators By Heating Themselves and It’s Probably the Oldest Pollination Strategy

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...
KBIA

Forget flowers: These ancient plants attract pollinators by getting hot

Some of the earliest plants attracted pollinators by producing heat that made these plants glow with infrared light, according to a new set of experiments. The work, published in the journal Science, ...
WGAL

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is growing pollinator habitats

MONTH ON THE TURNPIKE COMMISSION’S POLLINATOR INITIATIVE. THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE IS A 565 MILE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY RUNNING ACROSS THE STATE WITH ACRES OF ROADSIDE LAND ALONG THE WAY. NOW, SOME OF ...