It is hard to believe that July is almost over. Corn has been tasseling and the ear leaf is starting to poke its head out. With that in mind, Peter Thomison, OSU Extension corn specialist, provides ...

A new robot could solve one of the biggest challenges facing indoor farmers: manual pollination. Indoor farms, also known as ...

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 ...

For millennia, developing resilient crops relied on pollination by nature or humans—making the process long and often costly. Now, scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology ...

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Local honeybees were brought to Indian Ladder Farms on Wednesday for the annual pollination process of the apple orchards. The hives were brought in from Rulison Honey Farms ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

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 ...

This ear of corn illustrates the problem that resulted from heavy fog or rainfall — moisture that came at the wrong time and interrupted the pollination process. Notice the ear tip contains whitish ...

Explore the fascinating agricultural science behind your favorite flavor by following the America’s Test Kitchen guide to the ...

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 ...