Buzzing insights: Tracking bees with robotic flowers and hive sensors
EU researchers are turning to the world's top pollinator in an attempt to reverse biodiversity loss and help fruit growers.
EU researchers are turning to the world's top pollinator in an attempt to reverse biodiversity loss and help fruit growers.
Ecology
Oct 27, 2023
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True altruism is rare behavior in animals, but a new study by Penn State researchers has found that honey bees display this trait. Additionally, they found that an evolutionary battle of genetics may determine the parent ...
Ecology
Oct 12, 2023
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Have you ever waited in a long queue only to find the ice cream flavor you wanted is gone? What did you choose instead? In the field of behavioral economics, researchers have shown that people make very predictable second ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2023
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To date it has been unclear exactly how the sex of a bee is determined. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) including biologists and chemists has now identified a key gene and the molecular mechanism ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Honeybees have been considered generalists when selecting flowering plants; in other words, they can use a wide range of different plants. However, recent research has shown that honeybees are quite selective.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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By carrying pollen from flower to flower, pollinator insects play an essential role in the reproductive cycle of flowering plants. Bees do more of it than any other, both here in Canada and around the world.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2023
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Large differences in flower characteristics between wildflowers with different pollinators are achieved by a few key genetic differences, according to a study by Carolyn Wessinger at the University of South Carolina, US, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2023
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The federal government body in charge of pest control has announced Australia will abandon efforts on eradicating the Varroa mite.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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New research paints a worrying picture for the different species of bees that provide multi-million-euro pollination services in Ireland each year.
Ecology
Sep 19, 2023
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To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees. A new study led by a researcher at the University of Gothenburg shows yet another benefit of biodiversity.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2023
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