Bumblebees look cute. They have a thick fur, fly somewhat clumsily and are less aggressive than honeybees or wasps. They are very much appreciated by farmers as keen pollen collectors. Particularly in the context of the crisis-stricken ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2013
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Bees and other pollinators aren't just pretty creatures, they work for us.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2013
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Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and clear: Their floral "sweethearts" produce significantly fewer seeds, a new study finds.
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2013
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Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, scientists have warned. The call follows the discovery of parasites in over three-quarters ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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Solitary bees are twice as likely to pollinate the flowers they visit as their more sociable counterparts, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Beekeepers and researchers nationally are reporting growing evidence that a powerful new class of pesticides may be killing off bumblebees. Now, research at the University of Pittsburgh points toward another ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2013
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(Phys.org) —New research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B demonstrates that the secret of bumblebees' capacity for lifting relatively heavy loads lies in the flexibility of their wings.
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2013
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Landscapes with large amounts of paved roads and impervious construction have lower numbers of ground-nesting bumblebees, which are important native pollinators, a study from The University of Texas at Austin and the University ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 24, 2012
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Bacteria in the guts of honeybees are highly resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline, probably as a result of decades of preventive antibiotic use in domesticated hives. Researchers from Yale University identified eight ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 30, 2012
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Chronic exposure to pesticides has a bigger knock-on effect on bees than conventional probes suggest, according to a new study on Sunday touching on the mysterious collapse of bee colonies.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2012
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