Bees

Pollen JocksShould bees continue to die off at a catastrophic rate, a team of scientists has a new technique they say we could use to continue to pollinate plants without them.It turns out that soap bubbles — like the ones you might make with a kid’s toy — can carry…

On 18 June 2020, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) issued a press release on financial risks resulting from the loss of biodiversity. DNB notes that Dutch financial institutions have hundreds of billions of euros in outstanding loans on which they may be exposed to risks as a…

A Japanese scientist successfully demonstrates that soap bubbles can be used to pollinate fruit-bearing plants Published 10:21 AM, June 18, 2020 Updated 10:21 AM, June 18, 2020 Photo from Shutterstock WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Flying robots equipped with bubble guns could one day help save our planet. That's according to…

IMAGE: This photograph shows a chemically functionalized soap bubble on a campanula flower (Campanula persicifolia). view more  Credit: Eijiro Miyako Soap bubbles facilitated the pollination of a pear orchard by delivering pollen grains to targeted flowers, demonstrating that this whimsical technique can successfully pollinate fruit-bearing plants. The study, from the Japan…

One cage from each of the three experimental groups in an Oregon State University honeybee study. The control cage on the far left has more live bees than the cages in which the bees were exposed to Sivanto (middle) and Transform (far right). Credit: Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu, Oregon State University.…

Fruit breeders, who make crosses, plant experimental seedlings and evaluate them, generally labor in obscurity, but Floyd Zaiger, the most prolific and arguably the world’s greatest fruit breeder, was a high-profile exception.Over six decades he and his family developed 420 fruit and nut varieties patented in the United States —…

by: Shay Arthur and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jun 10, 2020 / 03:15 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 10, 2020 / 08:47 AM CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — The removal of a giant beehive with roughly 30 feet of honeycomb from a Tennessee home is making the rounds on the…

PLAINFIELD, Ind., June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Duke Energy solar power plant in West Lafayette, Ind., which provides clean, renewable electric energy, also now helps renew and increase populations of so-called "pollinator species" important to the growth and reproduction of flowers and food plants. Approximately 1.5 acres of the…

WASHINGTON - Insects are in decline across the world because of industrial farming and heavy pesticide use which are threatening food production, according to the Insect Atlas released today by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Friends of the Earth Europe. Insects keep the planet's ecological system running, and ensure our food supply -…

We may be dealing with a pandemic but when you look at the nature around you, it’s just carrying on as usual. It rains, the plants grow, the birds sing, the lizards enjoy the sun, and toads hang out under the lights at night hoping for bugs – and there…