Tomato plants can look healthy yet produce no fruit. Often, the problem isn’t fertilizer or sunlight — it’s pollination. These four simple hand-pollination methods help transfer pollen when wind and ...

One way to isolate seed-saving plants is to grow them in containers away from other garden plants, such as these four ...

Jaco Wolfaardt, commercial beekeeper and founder of Ubusi Beekeeping, spoke to Henning Naudé about keeping the bees and ...

Bees are distinctive for their black and yellow coloring, but did you know some species are blue? The blue-banded bee is a ...

Bees are distinctive for their black and yellow coloring, but did you know some species are blue? The blue-banded bee is a species native to Australia and looks extremely different from what you ...

Discover why imitation vanilla is so much more affordable than pure vanilla extract in this MinuteFood video. We delve into the fascinating biology of vanilla orchids, the historical impact of Edmond ...

The first domestic intelligent robot developed to detassel corn recently began operating at a demonstration base in Changji city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Detasseling is the act of removing ...

A recent study investigates the role of sonic vibrations in improving pollination efficiency and fruit size in tomatoes. By simulating bee-like vibrations using non-contact sonication technology, the ...

Pollination is a crucial step in fruit production, but relying on natural pollinators such as bees is becoming increasingly challenging due to environmental threats like habitat loss and disease.