Small hive beetles are indigenous to Africa, but have been damaging beehives in the United States and Australia for several years. Rowan Sprague, a University of Virginia fourth-year student, wants to stop the half-centimeter ...
Other
Mar 26, 2013
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From the biggest botanical gardens to the smallest backyard plots and terraces, there's a movement underway to make gardens work harder for the environment.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2015
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University of Freiburg publishes a guide on the importance of pollinators for Brazilian farmers.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2020
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People worldwide enjoy biting into a succulent, tasty apricot, but what do we know about the origins of this popular fruit? New research from Hungary and Turkey confirms what scientists have long suspected: there is a genetic ...
Biotechnology
Jan 31, 2011
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Gardens aren't just for flowers. They can boost the recovery of salmon and orcas, too.
Ecology
Mar 3, 2020
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Farmers pay attention to many aspects of their crops. They carefully track how much water they are giving them and the amount of fertilizer they are using. But what about how many bees and butterflies are visiting?
Ecology
Apr 12, 2021
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New UBC research has shown warmer temperatures can lead to smaller butterflies that collect less pollen and visit fewer flowers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2022
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A long-nosed fly from the Jurassic of Central Asia, reported by Russian paleontologists, provides new evidence that insects started serving as pollinators long before the emergence of flowering plants. Equipped with a proboscis ...
Archaeology
Apr 2, 2019
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Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2018
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Native bees – often small, stingless, solitary and unnoticed in the flashier world of stinging honeybees – are quite discriminating about where they live, according to U.S. Geological Survey research.
Ecology
Jun 21, 2011
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