Bees with more intensive and energetic activity tend to live shorter lives, so hoverflies might instead throttle their speed to a sustainable pace that they can maintain over long distances.

Thanks to a combination of efforts by beekeepers, better farming practices and reduced pesticide use, populations are showing ...

We were surprised that migrating hoverflies did not seem to fly faster. Birds generally move faster when they are migrating, compared to when they are foraging, as it is more energy efficient. Bees ...

It won’t change the world, but it may just be enough to prevent another bee, hoverfly or butterfly species from disappearing ...

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The study also found that flies, specifically hoverflies and blowflies, consistently came right behind bees as a top pollinator. "It's time we gave flies some more recognition their role as ...

Ever noticed that when yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forage in lupine that their pollen is red? Last July when we were camping at Bodega Bay, we delighted in watching the bumble bees ...