What good are wasps? It's a question we hear all the time. And, let's face it, wasps are routinely demonized.
Ecology
Aug 27, 2024
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Whether you're strolling through a garden, wandering a park, or simply enjoying an open space in the United States, you're likely to notice bees buzzing about the flowers. While honeybees, imported from Europe in the 17th ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2024
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A new collaborative study has found that bees are increasingly under threat due to environmental degradation caused by changes in land use.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2024
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Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers at Penn State who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2024
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Canada is home to more than 800 species of wild bees—few may have noticed the diversity of native bees buzzing around, but bees play a significant role in the survival of native plant populations.
Plants & Animals
Apr 30, 2024
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Most of us have been stung by a bee and we know it's not much fun. But maybe we also felt a tinge of regret, or vindication, knowing the offending bee will die. Right? Well, for 99.96% of bee species, that's not actually ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2024
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Recent research by the University of New Mexico alumnus Melanie Kazenel and colleagues predicts climate change will reshape bee communities in the southwest United States, with some thriving and others declining. The research, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2024
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After a decade searching for new species of bees in forests of the Pacific Islands, all we had to do was look up.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2024
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On a cliffside at Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado, a fuzzy bee was industriously gnawing at the red sandstone. Making a loud grinding sound, the insect used its powerful jaws to drill tunnels and holes in rocks, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2024
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Pollinator enthusiasts and scientists have new online tools to identify native bees in the Pacific Northwest.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2024
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