It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...

Contacts for media: Emily Gowdey-Backus, Emily_GowdeyBackus@uml.edu and Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu LOWELL, Mass. – Aiming to better understand the pollination process, a UMass ...

LOWELL — A UMass Lowell scientist has developed a microrobot that simulates the way bees pollinate plants. Noah Jafferis, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, developed the ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature's most ...

Honeybees have been active through the winter and as the before peak pollination season starts, beekeepers were keeping a ...

Bees are vital to food production through their role in pollination, helping crops grow and reproduce efficiently. This ...

When you think of a honey bee, you likely first associate it with, well, honey — but if you’ve ever eaten an apple or had a cup of coffee, you’ve benefited from a honey bee, too. Over one-third of the ...

A University of Massachusetts Lowell researcher who specializes in building micro-robots is using his skills to help uncover how bees pollinate through buzzing. Noah Jafferis and a research colleague ...

Given our general reliance on something called “food” you’d think the issue of pollination — and its general decline — might be higher up the world’s agenda. Over 80% of crops require insect ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

Support local journalism: Find offers for new subscribers at floridatoday.com/subscribe. September is National Honey Month so, let’s delve into the world of bees so ...

LOWELL, Mass. – Aiming to better understand the pollination process, a UMass Lowell scientist has simulated the buzz of a bee in a microrobot. UMass Lowell’s Noah Jafferis, assistant professor of ...