Scientists discover gut bacteria in bees spread antibiotic-resistant genes to each other
It's the kind of thing you might lose sleep over.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2017
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News tagged with bees
In bee decline, fungicides emerge as improbable villain
When a Cornell-led team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand bumblebee population declines and range contractions, they expected to find stressors like changes in land use, geography or insecticides.
Ecology
Nov 14, 2017
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Emergence of deadly honey bee disease revealed
Honey bee colonies from across the UK are increasingly suffering from a viral disease, a new study has shown.
Ecology
May 1, 2020
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Development, function and evolution of plant nanostructures that influence animal behavior
Creatures like the Morpho butterfly on the leaf above appear to be covered in shimmering blue and green metallic colors. This phenomenon is called "iridescence," meaning that color appears to change as the angle changes, ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2015
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Beyond royal jelly: Study identifies plant chemical that determines a honey bee's caste
A closer look at how honey bee colonies determine which larvae will serve as workers and which will become queens reveals that a plant chemical, p-coumaric acid, plays a key role in the bees' developmental fate.
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2015
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Nesting aids make agricultural fields attractive for bees
Wild bees are important pollinators of many crop plants – sometimes they are even more efficient than honeybees. Their numbers can be increased sustainably using simple means as a recent study has found.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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Bees' ability to forage decreases as air pollution increases
Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate needed food, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. The pollution-modified plant odors can ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2016
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Honey bees rapidly evolve to overcome new disease
An international research team has some good news for the struggling honeybee, and the millions of people who depend on them to pollinate crops and other plants.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2015
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Nicotine enhances bees' activity
Nicotine-laced nectar can speed up a bumblebee's ability to learn flower colours, according to scientists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2017
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Light therapy could save bees from deadly pesticides
Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve survival rates of poisoned bees, finds a new UCL study.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2016
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