Pear trees take 3 to 10 years to bear fruit, but once established, they produce a hefty harvest. Most pear tree varieties require cross-pollination from a companion tree, while some are ...

To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen ... Some seeds are surrounded by fruit, such as apples, plums and pears which we grow and eat. Plants spread their seeds ...

Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...

In the fall, the number of birds visiting your yard and garden may drop. During this season, when food is scarce, use these ...

Ever wondered what else you could do with overripe bananas besides baking banana bread or blending them into smoothies?

The green bottle fly species can make up for declining populations and shortfalls of honeybees, the dominant insect used to pollinate strawberry, melon and other fruit crops in Japan. The green ...

Locally, nut farmers in the Ovens Valley and surrounds are highly dependent on honeybees for production and harvest.

“You cross pollinate the two, and the seed you get ... Leyla Kazim and Andrew Mellonie eating greengages - a fruit that's making a comeback “That’s a process that’s going to massively ...

Australian composer and oud player Joseph Tawadros to evoke the cross-cultural bazaar that was Vivaldi’s Venice.

Grow Your Own Produce, The Workshop Series: (online via Zoom) First Wednesday of the month through Nov. 6. Taught by ...