Results from a new study suggest that bees might be exposed to pesticides in more ways than we thought, and it could impact their development significantly.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2019
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With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2018
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170
When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil over sugar syrup alone, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2018
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New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2017
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A new study of possible self-medicating behavior in bumble bees conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports that a once-promising finding was not supported by further experiments and analysis.
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2017
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99
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that common wild bee species decline as urban temperatures increase.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2017
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117
An international research team has released a top-10 list of ways countries can protect pollinating insects such as bees, which are vital for food production, following worrying declines in pollinating insect populations ...
Ecology
Nov 28, 2016
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Plants can maximise their chances of reproduction by taking advantage of how insects move between flowers when they track down nectar, a study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2016
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281
Bumble bees have discriminating palettes when it comes to their pollen meals, according to researchers at Penn State. The researchers found that bumble bees can detect the nutritional quality of pollen, and that this ability ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2016
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157
Bees pollinate plants more frequently in the city than in the country even though they are more often infected with parasites, a factor which can shorten their lifespans. These were the findings of a study conducted by Martin ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2016
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