To protect pollinators, go easy on the fall garden cleanup
Time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden? Not so fast.
Time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden? Not so fast.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2018
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Scientists have discovered that moths may play a much broader role as plant pollinators than previously suspected.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2018
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We've long known honey bees shake their behinds to communicate the location of high-value flower patches to one another, a form of signaling that scientists refer to as "waggle dances."
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2020
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Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives, according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers. The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2014
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An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial?
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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German agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer was presented Friday with a petition of more than one million signatures urging it to stop manufacturing pesticides that are blamed for the decline in the world's bee populations.
Ecology
Apr 29, 2016
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Ivy, often maligned as a garden pest, is vital to honey bees and other pollinators seeking food in autumn, new research from the University of Sussex reveals.
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2013
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The first national study to map U.S. wild bees suggests they're disappearing in many of the country's most important farmlands—including California's Central Valley, the Midwest's corn belt, and the Mississippi River valley.
Ecology
Dec 21, 2015
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Exposure to a widely used pesticide causes worker bumblebees to grow less and then hatch out at a smaller size, according to a new study by Royal Holloway University of London.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2014
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Sunflowers face the rising sun because increased morning warmth attracts more bees and also helps the plants reproduce more efficiently, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results ...
Plants & Animals
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