New evidence shows UK solar parks can provide for bees and butterflies
A new study shows that U.K. solar parks, if managed correctly, can provide vital resources to help stem the decline in the nation's bees and butterflies.
A new study shows that U.K. solar parks, if managed correctly, can provide vital resources to help stem the decline in the nation's bees and butterflies.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2024
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Research to prove or debunk current opinions remains scarce as the debate over whether native plants or their cultivars attract and nourish the most pollinators.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2023
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Bee pollinators are a crucial link to food production and food security for more than have the world's population living in Asia—but few species have been closely studied or assessed for their range, numbers and conservation ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2023
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Minnesota is home to a great variety of biodiversity due to its position at a confluence of four of the planet's major biomes—aspen parklands, prairie grasslands, deciduous forest and coniferous forest. Now, University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2023
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A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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A new study from North Carolina State University finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2023
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In a new study, ecologists have shown that bees' pesticide exposure depends upon their interaction with the environment, meaning different species face different risks in any given environment.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2023
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"Where should we go for lunch today?" "I dunno. What sounds good?" "You pick this time."
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2022
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A new study by Webster University Biology Associate Professor Nicole Miller-Struttmann, University of Missouri at Columbia Professor Emerita Candace Galen and University of Missouri Ph.D. student Zack Miller has identified ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 18, 2022
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