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Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2021
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Residential gardens are a poor substitute for native bushland and increasing urbanization is a growing threat when it comes to bees, Curtin University research has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 02, 2021
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This summer's wetter conditions have created great conditions for flowering plants. Flowers provide sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen, attracting many insects, including bees.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2021
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There is no overestimating the importance of pollinators in our world today. While crop pollination relies mainly on managed colonies of the domesticated honey bee (Apis mellifera), wild, unmanaged pollinators were found ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 07, 2021
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Bee populations in the United States and worldwide are declining for a variety of reasons—habitat change, climate change, insecticide use, disease, urbanization and the introduction of non-native species.
Plants & Animals
Nov 06, 2020
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Crop yields for apples, cherries and blueberries across the United States are being reduced by a lack of pollinators, according to Rutgers-led research, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2020
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Climate change and an increase in disturbed bee habitats from expanding agriculture and development in northeastern North America over the last 30 years are likely responsible for a 94 per cent loss of plant-pollinator networks, ...
Ecology
Jul 14, 2020
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Move over, murder hornets. There's a new bee killer in town.
Plants & Animals
Jul 09, 2020
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A study documenting bees that are reported to occur in Pennsylvania has found the presence of 437 species, including 49 never before recorded in the state. Researchers said the resulting checklist of bees in the commonwealth ...
Ecology
Jun 30, 2020
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Exotic Bee ID, a website created through a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Utah State University ...
Ecology
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