I have an idea: Why not grow some annual sunflowers, Helianthus annuus, to feed the bees, butterflies, birds, and you? They are so easy to start from seed, so if you have never grown plants from seed ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Great access to sunflowers and their pollen could help keep vulnerable bee populations pathogen-free. In experiments carried out by researchers at North Carolina State University and ...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo., June 14 (UPI) --Sunflower pollen specialization has evolved multiple times among bee species, which is odd, because studies show bees fed an all sunflower pollen diet exhibited ...

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Here's another opportunity to do your bit for science without leaving your yard. San Francisco State University biologist Gretchen LeBuhn wants you to grow a sunflower - not just any old sunflower, ...

Bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen show dramatically lower rates of infection by two separate pathogens, suggesting medicinal and protective effects for pollinators in peril. With bee populations in ...

LAFAYETTE — Kelly Bradley could barely finish a sentence as she walked excitedly through her garden behind Springhill Elementary. Every sentence was interrupted when she caught sight of something that ...

We're a bit hung up on bees at The Chronicle this year. Between the rise of urban beekeeping and the decline of bee populations worldwide, Home & Garden Editor Deb Wandell and I have hopes of someday ...

Solitary mason bees specializing on sunflower pollen were not attacked by a common brood-parasitic wasp, which lays eggs in the nests, where its larvae kill bee eggs and eat their pollen provisions.

Plant pollens vary in quality as food sources for bees, and pollen from the sunflower family (the family that includes dandelions, daisies, and thistles) is known to have some unpleasant qualities.