Beekeeping is booming in Swiss cities. But the uncontrolled increase in honeybees is putting increasing pressure on wild pollinators, threatening urban biodiversity, concludes a new study by the Swiss Federal Research Institute ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2022
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Together with an international team, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer studied stingless bees from East Africa that were encased in tree resin and copal. In their study, published in the journal The ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2022
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Keeping the spark alive is hard in any relationship. It's especially hard for fruit trees trying to attract pollinators.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2022
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A team of researchers from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CCBA Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, reports that guard Melipona beecheii stingless bees do not confer chemicals to larvae that allow them to develop into ...
The thunder god vine Tripterygium hypoglaucum is a toxic nectar plant distributed across China. A terpenoid, called triptolide (TRP), is found in the nectar of this plant and is likely toxic to the sympatric Asian honey bee, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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An unlikely collaboration between George Mason University's Honey Bee Initiative and the new outdoor Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory could yield critical advances in forensic science.
Other
Jan 20, 2022
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Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will help commercial and hobby beekeepers.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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Move over Angry Birds—WA scientists have discovered that 'aggressive' bees produce more potent and medicinally valuable venom.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2021
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New research shows that simple changes to how UK solar parks are managed could boost ground nesting bumble bee populations in the parks and surrounding areas, providing an additional benefit on top of renewable energy.
Ecology
Dec 13, 2021
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Bumblebees waste no time enjoying the beauty of flowers—instead learning the bare minimum about where to land and find food, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2021
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