Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk
A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild bumblebees, new research shows.
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News tagged with bumblebee colonies
The more pesticides bees eat, the more they like them
Bumblebees acquire a taste for pesticide-laced food as they become more exposed to it, a behaviour showing possible symptoms of addiction.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2018
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Bumblebees found to do better in urban settings than in agricultural areas
A team of researchers with the University of London and Imperial College London has found through field experiments that bumblebee colonies tend to do better in urban environments than agricultural environments. In their ...
Environmental threats put bumblebee queens under pressure
Spring is a busy time for bumblebee queens.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2018
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Scandinavian bumblebees survive by incubating their eggs
It is a sure sign that spring is in the air: The sight of a bumblebee queen buzzing around spring flowers on a sunny day. But sometimes, when she is flying around, she is actually not looking for flowers, but on the hunt ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2018
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'Virtual safe space' to help bumblebees
The many threats facing bumblebees can be tested using a "virtual safe space" created by scientists at the University of Exeter. Bumble-BEEHAVE provides a computer simulation of how colonies will develop and react to multiple ...
Ecology
May 22, 2018
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By attacking queen bumblebee, pesticide threatens colony: study
A common pesticide used on crops compromises a queen bumblebee's ability to lay eggs, threatening her colony with extinction, according to a study released Monday.
Ecology
Aug 14, 2017
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Bumblebee populations higher in Detroit than in some less-urbanized areas; vacant lots could be a factor
A new study of native bumblebee populations in southeastern Michigan cities found, surprisingly, that Detroit has more of the large-bodied bees than some surrounding, less urbanized locations.
Ecology
May 17, 2017
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There's a cost to 'bee-ing' too smart, professor finds
It doesn't pay to be smart, at least for bumblebees, according to a new U of G study.
Plants & Animals
Apr 04, 2017
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Sexual rebellion and murder among the bees
Scientists revealed Wednesday the trigger that can plunge a colony of obedient and sterile worker bees dutifully serving their queen into a chaotic swarm of sexual rebellion and regicide.
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