Bees

Plummeting insect numbers are becoming a concern. Academic discourse focused on three main causes: the destruction of habitats, pesticides in agriculture and the decline of food plants for insects. A team of researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape…

While the population of terrestrial insects declined significantly, freshwater insects reported a rise thanks to cleanups of lakes and rivers. Scientists attributed the fall in numbers on land to habitat destruction. A study by two German universities has unearthed a startling fact about insects – about 24% of them have been…

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World Earth Day 2020: This day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22.New Delhi: Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970 and now includes events coordinated globally by…

An Israeli tech company says it has developed a machine that can replicate the crop pollination process normally performed by bees, seeking to address concerns over the insect’s dwindling numbers. Edete Precision Technologies says it is already operating its invention at an almond orchard in Tel Arad in the southern…

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Skip to comments. Giant Asian hornets that can ‘kill with a single sting’ to invade virus-stricken US US Sun ^ | 4/9/2020 | Kassidy Vavra Henry Pettit Posted on 04/10/2020 6:58:59 AM PDT by yardboyd GIANT Asian hornets that have begun to invade the coronavirus-stricken U.S. may cost the economy…

NASTY Asian Hornets are invading the UK and could cost the economy millions of pounds, according to a report. The insects, which can kill with a single sting, are having a devastating impact on Britain's already dwindling honeybee population. 5 Asian hornets can give you a nasty stingAnd experts warn…

Story at-a-glance - A 2020 study using long-term data for 66 bumblebee species across North America and Europe found that you are close to 50% less likely to see a bumblebee today, than you may have been in years prior to 1974 The data, which spanned a 115-year period, revealed…