Satellites and drones can help save pollinators
Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.
Ecology
May 20, 2022
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News tagged with crop pollination
The buzz about pollinators in canola fields
Farmers pay attention to many aspects of their crops. They carefully track how much water they are giving them and the amount of fertilizer they are using. But what about how many bees and butterflies are visiting?
Ecology
Apr 12, 2021
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Potential regional declines in species richness of tomato pollinators under climate
About 70% of the world's main crops depend on insect pollination. Climate change is already affecting the abundance and distribution of insects, which could cause geographical mismatches between crops and their pollinators. ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2021
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How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis
With the arrival of spring, many people have been starting to think about how COVID-19 will impact the affordability and availability of fruits and vegetables in coming months, as shortages of both honeybees and migrant workers ...
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2020
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Insect species that prefer crops prosper while majority decline
Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2019
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Where do the best strawberries grow?
Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting insects. Because of their supply of flowering plants and opportunities for nesting, hedgerows and the edges of forests represent ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2019
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Stronger pesticide regulations likely needed to protect all bee species, say studies
Pesticide regulations designed to protect honeybees fail to account for potential health threats posed by agrochemicals to the full diversity of bee species that are even more important pollinators of food crops and other ...
Ecology
Dec 11, 2018
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Pollinator biodiversity
If you're moving pollen from one plant to another, you might be a pollinator.
Ecology
Jul 6, 2018
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The farmer wants a hive—inside the world of renting bees
Almonds, blueberries, apples, melons – all of these fruits, and many more, rely on insect pollination. Some crops rely more on pollinators than others. Insect pollination isn't just about the number of fruits produced – ...
Ecology
May 23, 2018
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Planting native vegetation for productive crops
The University of Adelaide, working with South Australian industry groups, is helping farmers and growers design and implement native plantings to support bee and other insect populations needed to pollinate their crops and ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2017
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