If you've spotted hummingbirds near bees or wasps, you might wonder if these birds consider such insects as prey. Hummingbirds primarily eat nectar from a variety of sources. Not only can a clean ...

Bees are attracted to hummingbird feeders for the nectar, especially when other nectar sources are available nearby. Try bee guards, which make entering difficult for insects but allow a ...

“They wanted to know how birds could hover on the spot.” The images showed hummingbirds to be more like bees or flies than like other birds, in that they generate lift on both the downstroke ...

The bee hummingbird, which measures just five to six centimetres (two inches) long, is only found in Cuba. Its losses have been huge, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

The largest is the nine-foot-tall ostrich. The smallest is the two-inch-long bee hummingbird. Everything about the anatomy of a bird reflects its ability to fly. The wings, for example ...

Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ...