Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. If they can be found, a recent court ruling could help save them.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide in the world, and is widely used in agriculture. While glyphosate has been deemed 'bee-safe' by regulators, some emerging evidence studies suggest that it has negative effects ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2021
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While most people in the U.S. may think of bumble bees as the standard yellow and black variety, there are an estimated 260 bee species that sport about 400 different color patterns. One reason many people associate bumble ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2021
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As farmers cultivated more land and began to grow fewer types of crops over the last 150 years, most native bumble bee species became rarer in Midwestern states.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2021
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For more than a decade, ecologists have been warning of a downward trend in bumble bee populations across North America, with habitat destruction a primary culprit in those losses. While efforts to preserve wild bees in the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2021
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Bumble bees found in low-quality landscapes—characterized by a relative lack of spring flowers and quality nesting habitat—had higher levels of disease pathogens, as did bumble bees in areas with higher numbers of managed ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2020
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There are over 20,000 species of bee, but accurate data about how these species are spread across the globe are sparse. However, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on November 19 have created a map of bee ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2020
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Entomologists at UC Riverside have documented that a species of native sweat bee widespread throughout North and South America has a daily routine that makes it a promising pollinator.
Ecology
Mar 4, 2020
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Bees are an important factor for our environment and our sustenance. Without insect pollination, many plant species—including various crops—cannot reproduce. "Bee mortality therefore affects food supply for human beings," ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2020
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Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. This has now been demonstrated experimentally by a team of scientists led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2020
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