A new study from Curtin University has found pre-formed cavities in Banksia trees to be an important nesting home for a tiny native Western Australian bee.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2019
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For bees, being social is everything.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2018
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Genetics isn't as important as once thought for the evolution of altruistic social behavior in some organisms, according to a new insight into a decade-long debate. This is the first empirical evidence that suggests social ...
Evolution
Oct 3, 2018
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Time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden? Not so fast.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2018
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The Brazilian stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula (jataí in Portuguese) deploys a different strategy for defending its nests from other social insect species. In addition to posting sentinels at the nest entrance, as do ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2018
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The Macropis Cuckoo Bee is one of the rarest bees in North America, partly because of its specialized ecological associations. It is a nest parasite of oil-collecting bees of the genus Macropis which, in turn, are dependent ...
Ecology
Apr 16, 2018
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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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In a plastic, lasercut box blacked out with paint and lit with red light, worker bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) go about their daily activities: interacting with fellow adults, extracting food from honey pots, feeding larvae, ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2017
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Analysis of the first fossil bee nest from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa suggests that the human ancestor Australopithecus africanus lived in a dry savannah environment, according a study published September 28, 2016 ...
Archaeology
Sep 29, 2016
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Asian giant honeybees may use synchronized movements to ventilate and cool their nests, according to a study published August 3, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Gerald Kastberger from the University of Graz, Austria, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2016
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