Pollinator habitat is good, but not quite the bee’s knees
Researchers collected more than 16,000 bees from 128 different species to evaluate pollinator habitats in North Carolina agricultural areas.
Biodiversity and habitat both affect bee health
“…habitat quality has the potential to decrease or increase viral prevalence in pollinators,” new research on bees and wildflowers finds.
Biodiversity and habitat both affect bee health
“…habitat quality has the potential to decrease or increase viral prevalence in pollinators,” new research on bees and wildflowers finds.
How CO2 leads to changes in bumble bee reproduction
Carbon dioxide may calm bumble bees down, but a new study shows it can also trigger other physiological responses, including in reproduction.
Bee biodiversity is one way nature ‘diversifies its portfolio’
Biodiversity is critical to ecosystems, according to a new study that shows how different bee species pollinate the same plants over time.
Bee biodiversity is one way nature ‘diversifies its portfolio’
Biodiversity is critical to ecosystems, according to a new study that shows how different bee species pollinate the same plants over time.
Alpine bumblebees struggle to adapt to warming temps
Alpine bumblebees have adapted to colder temps of the Rocky Mountains, but now climate change warming is threatening these once abundant pollinators.
Fewer wild bees at fruit farms warrant investigation
Pollination of watermelon flowers at fruit farms by wild bees decreased by more than half between 2005 and 2012, report researchers.
Bumblebees pick up more parasites on some flower shapes
The shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how bumblebees acquire parasites, a study shows. The findings could influence what pollinator-lovers plant.
Soybeans grow larger when bees are near
“…plants in fields that were adjacent to pollinator habitat produced seeds that were 6.5% heavier than the seeds from plants in distant fields.”