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Why Flowers May Be Partially to Blame for the Deaths of Wild Bumblebees
"We wanted to test this widely stated but largely untested hypothesis."
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Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
The plump rusty patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, once buzzed all across the eastern United States, the upper Midwest and parts of Canada. But today, the chunky critter is endangered, its population reduced by nearly 90 percent. In Minnesota, where the rusty patched bumblebee can still be found, officials have hatched a plan to help bolster the species’ population. As Jessica Leigh Hester reports for Atlas Obscura, the state wants to pay residents to turn their lawns into bumblebee havens.
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France Is The First Country To Ban All Five Bee-Killing Pesticides
Most people might not be really that informed about how bees help humans and the environment. Bees are one of the insects that assist the pollination process. Pollination is how insects such as bees and butterflies transfer pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma which leads to fertilization resulting to the production of a new seed.
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Male bees blind their queen with their semen
New findings presented by the University of California, Riverside, demonstrate how male honeybees inject toxins during sex that cause temporary blindness in their mate. It is not a foreign concept that male insects have proteins in their seminal fluid that causes the death of other insect’s sperm. However, the function of blinding one’s mate is highly unusual.
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Bee population recovering due to regenerative farming, producers say
Dairy farmers say that regenerative farming has brought back the bees and increased profits.
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Bumble bees give up sleep to care for young, even when they're not their own
Curiously, scientists found the insects cared for pupae who don't actually need to be fed.
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Twenty one bee species in NI 'at risk of extinction'
A report blames the loss of habitats, pesticides and climate change for the decline in bees.
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While We Worry About Honeybees, Other Pollinators Are Disappearing
While We Worry About Honeybees, Other Pollinators Are Disappearing
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Bumblebee Vomit: Scientists Are No Longer Ignoring It
Regurgitation is an important consideration when it comes to the process of pollination.
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Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees
The beloved Morgan Freeman is film director, philanthropist, and one of the greatest actors of our time, and he now has another title being attributed to his name; Beekeeper.
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Scientists make fresh call for policy makers to protect pollinators
Pollinating insects could thrive if improvements are made to agri-environment schemes across Europe, according to a new collaborative study involving scientists from Trinity. More than 20 pollinator experts from 18 different countries looked at a range of wildlife habitats on farmland– named Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) – to determine how well they support insect pollinators such as bumblebees, solitary bees and hoverflies.
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Bacteria Engineered to Protect Bees from Pests and Pathogens
AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science that they have developed a new strategy to protect honey bees from a deadly trend known as colony collapse: genetically engineered strains of bacteria.
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Genetically Engineered Bacteria Protect Honey Bees Against Parasites
In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin outline their novel approach to protecting honey bees at risk of colony collapse – genetically engineered bacteria.
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Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees
Morgan Freeman, the actor, film director and philanthropist has added a new title to his name: Beekeeper. The 81-year-old celebrity decided to convert his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary.
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'Ultra-rare' blue bees found in Florida. It's been years since they were last seen.
Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an "ultra-rare" metallic blue bee that hadn't been spotted in years – so long that experts weren't sure it still existed. Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Chase Kimmel found a blue calamintha bee on March 9, according to an emailed statement from Kimmel. It was the first time one had been spotted since 2016, the museum says.
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Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into flower
Scientists discover a new behaviour among bumblebees that tricks plants into flowering early.
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Global map of bees created in conservation first
The data will help protect vital pollinators and could lead to new bee discoveries, say scientists.
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Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey
A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks to a simple new method. Researchers at the University of Waterloo developed an environmentally friendly, fully automated technique that extracts pyrethroids from the honey.
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Australian aphrodisiac honey creates a buzz in the Middle East
A boutique blend of honey from Australia becomes sought after as an aphrodisiac in the Middle East.
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'Over the top': backlash against TikTok's bee lady not justified, say bee experts
Erika Thompson is clearly a competent beekeeper, who's educating the public about honeybees in her own way on social media.
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