Bees

In October 2017, a long-term study by the Entomological Society Krefeld hit like a bomb: Within thirty years, the number of flying insects in Germany was said to have decreased by three quarters. Now a research team led by Sebastian Seibold and Wolfgang Weis…

Probiotics, beneficial microorganisms best known for promoting gut health in humans, are now being used by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute scientists to save honey bee colonies from collapse. A new study published in the Nature journal…

If this sunflower was treated with sulfoxaflor, the bumblebee pollinating it has something to worry about. Dominik Scythe/Unsplash In September 1962, American author and conservationist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring. The book’s shocking portrayal of t…

Probiotics, beneficial microorganisms best known for promoting gut health in humans, are now being used by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute scientists to save honey bee colonies from collapse. A new study published in the Nature journal…

1 INTRODUCTION Neonicotinoids are the most commonly used insecticides worldwide (SimonDelso et al., 2015), but evidence demonstrating their negative sublethal impacts on important pollinators, such as bees (Rundlöf et al., 2015; Siviter, Koricheva, Brown, &a…

Abstract Plant-pollinator networks have been repeatedly reported as cumulative ones that are described with >1 years observations. However, such cumulative networks are composed of pairwise interactions recorded at different periods, and thus may not be a…

While most homeowners are raking autumn leaves, Mike Perozak is helping his neighbours in downtown Toronto prepare their gardens to welcome guests in the spring. They are ripping up grass, filling their lawns with native plants meant to encourage bees and ot…

While most homeowners are raking autumn leaves, Mike Perozak is helping his neighbours in downtown Toronto prepare their gardens to welcome guests in the spring. They are ripping up grass, filling their lawns with native plants meant to encourage bees and ot…

While most homeowners are raking autumn leaves, Mike Perozak is helping his neighbours in downtown Toronto prepare their gardens to welcome guests in the spring. They are ripping up grass, filling their lawns with native plants meant to encourage bees and ot…

CC BY 2.0 by niekjuurlink Did you know that Bat Week takes place every year, October 2431? The time is set aside to raise awareness of the many contributions that bats make to the planet and encourage conservation of bat species. Nearly a quarter of all bat…