New research published in the journal Ecology conclusively shows that certain physical traits of flowers affect the health of bumblebees by modulating the transmission of a harmful pathogen called Crithidia bombi. In particular, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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As the sun sets, bumblebees revisit "profitable" flowers they encountered during the day, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2022
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Bumblebees don't seem to keep memories for how sweet a flower was, but instead only remember if it was sweeter than another flower, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London, along with an international ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2022
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Finnish researchers found out how Roundup, a herbicide containing glyphosate, affects the learning and memory of bumblebees. Already a small dose affected their ability to learn and memorize connections between colors and ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2022
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New research from the University of Ottawa has found the earlier arrival of spring in parts of North America negatively impacts bumblebee survival, which could potentially threaten bee-pollinated agricultural crops and other ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2022
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Scientists from Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum today published two concurrent papers analyzing UK bumblebee populations.
Evolution
Aug 18, 2022
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Temperature changes have negatively impacted most species of bumblebees over the past 120 years, according to new research published this week in Biology Letters. The researchers note that changes in temperature had more ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2022
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Bumblebee colonies exposed to glyphosate are significantly affected in times of resource scarcity. Dr. Anja Weidenmüller, biologist at the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior at the University of Konstanz, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2022
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A study using 10 years of citizen science data from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's BeeWalk scheme has found that a variety of targeted conservation approaches are needed to protect UK bumblebee species. The findings are ...
Ecology
May 23, 2022
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Climate change could lead to more small-bodied bees but fewer bumblebees, according to research published Wednesday, warning of potential "cascading" effects on plant pollination and across whole ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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