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Climate change is throwing plants and pollinators out of sync.
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Bees have been represented in a range of art forms for millennia, from rock carvings to video games.
A bumblebee visits a blooming honeysuckle plant.
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Up to 85% of the nectar available to pollinating insects in a city comes from gardens. What we plant – whether in an allotment or a window box – can make a huge difference.
Starlings and other birds like to nest in house eaves.
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Homes for bees and birds are going to be built into new houses to help support struggling species.
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When a bee leaves the hive for the first time to go foraging, how does she know what a flower even looks like?
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Many living organisms generate and even detect static electricity in their natural environments. We must understand more to ensure we don’t disturb these delicate processes.
Bumblebees are better at flying in wet conditions than other bees.
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Bees were struggling in the UK’s very wet summer as rain stopped them finding food.
Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax ) feeding on marigold.
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Plants use their flower colours for ‘brand recognition’ among insects - but also work together to attract more pollinators.
Cape Honeybee gathering pollen from a rock rose flower - South Africa.
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Honeybees are crucial for pollinating crops and plants. They need good forage resources to do this and these resources are under threat in South Africa.
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New research reveals an overlooked, but potentially significant, problem with agrochemicals and pollinators.
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Beekeeping changes how people see and relate to the environment – there’s a lot we can learn.
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Bees can perceive flower colours and hues which are invisible to us — such as those produced by reflected ultraviolet radiation.
Mite on a bee.
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Bees are the main pollinators of many crops. It’s important to track the deformed wing virus and its impacts.
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Enabling wildlife to journey across farmlands not only benefits conservation, but also people. It means bees can improve crop pollination, and seed-dispersing birds can help restore ecosystems.
Texas Beeworks’ Erika Thompson has been accused by other users of staging her TikTok videos and handling bees in an unsafe manner.
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Erika Thompson is clearly a competent beekeeper, who’s educating the public about honeybees in her own way on social media.
Excavating Nok terracotta figurines at the research site.
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The study yields the first direct chemical evidence for honeybee product exploitation in West Africa.
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Bees mate in mid-air, where it’s almost impossible to observe them.
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New findings suggest the loss of fertility at high temperatures is a major threat to the survival of some species.
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Hives that travel by truck, bees paid for their pollination service, adulterated honey, economic theories based on an imaginary social organization…