Bees

How do you keep bees in your orchard when there are more attractive flowering plants in the vicinity? The answer may lie in pheromones.Key points:Bees are essential for almond trees to produce nutsKeeping bees in an orchard can be difficult if other types of enticing flowering plants are around A…

When we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is Apis Mellifera). Humans have been drooling over its honey and taking advantage of its pollination powers for thousands of years.So how do these insects make honey, you ask? You’ll find the task is…

By Brenna OwenThe Canadian PressWed., July 29, 2020timer2 min. readWINNIPEG—A lack of wild bees and managed honey bees is limiting pollination and yields for certain crops on farms in British Columbia and across the United States, a collective of researchers has found.Their study published Tuesday in the Royal Society’s journal…

The Northern Territory's bee numbers are dwindling after back-to-back dry wet seasons, to the point that beekeepers cannot satisfy demand for honey and crucial pollination services.Key points:Back-to-back dry wet seasons have caused many native Top End trees and plants to produce much less nectarThe diminished health of bees threatens the…

Taking tips from nature, a team of mechanical engineering students has invented a pollination drone that could one day assist bees.Read More

Pollinators are animals and insects that carry pollen from one plant to another. Pollinators are responsible for much of our food and flowers and are responsible for the reproduction of 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat.   In order to understand pollinators, we need to know…

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Smithsonian Voices National Museum of Natural History June 22nd, 2020, 6:00AM / BY Abigail Eisenstadt The National Museum of Natural History’s Lepidoptera collection holds up to half of the world's species of hawk moths, important pollinators for many wild ecosystems. There are over 1450 species of hawk moths in total…

Supermarket bosses are being urged to commit to not selling imported food that is produced to lower standards after any trade deal with America is agreed.Ten major organisations including the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Friends of the Earth and food and farming campaign Sustain have written to nine…

Forget about birds and bees, scientists prove SOAP BUBBLES can be used to pollinate fruit trees, which could help compensate for the dramatic declines in global bee populationsJapanese scientists developed a method to pollinate plants with soap bubblesThe bubbles are non-toxic to plants and have a 95% success rate with…