One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Things get more interesting at the other end of the spectrum, where bee vision dips into the ultraviolet wavelengths. This opens up a hidden language of attraction writ large on the petals of flowers.

Whether you're fascinated by bees or tend run away from them, you enjoy the fruits of their labor: Bees play a vital role in our ecosystem by pollinating plants. Unfortunately, bees' numbers are ...