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Honeybee pollination produces plant offspring vastly inferior to ...
Jun 28, 2023 ... Honeybees make honey from the nectar they collect from flowering plants. Inside the beehive, they use their wings to evaporate water from the ...
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Bumblebees in low quality habitats are more susceptible to disease ...
Dec 27, 2020 ... She explained that the incidence of viruses and parasites in wild bumble bees was higher in the presence of honey bee colonies, which often ...
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Honey bee colonies are healthier and more productive in non-crop ...
Mar 22, 2019 ... A new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that honey bee colonies become more healthy and productive with a cover of ...
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Omega-3 oil may help protect pollinators from pesticides - Earth.com
Jul 4, 2023 ... The research indicates that an oil known as “ahiflower oil” may hold the key to shielding honey bees from mitochondrial damage inflicted by neonicotinoid ...
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Dwindling numbers of pollinators threaten global food security ...
Jul 28, 2020 ... “Managing habitat for native bee species and/or stocking more honey bees would boost pollination levels and could increase crop production.”.
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Bees make incredibly fast decisions - with a brain smaller than a ...
Jul 11, 2023 ... A honey bee has a brain smaller than a sesame seed. And yet she can make decisions faster and more accurately than we can.
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Could blue orchard bees replace honeybees for pollination? - Earth ...
Mar 30, 2017 ... With the disturbing decline of the honeybee population over the past few years, orchard growers are turning to blue orchard bees to help ...
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Dangerous bee behavior may be linked to appearance - Earth.com
Jan 29, 2022 ... ... honey bees, with costly consequences for beekeepers. Although the cape bees appear to be more docile than the Africanized bees, they are ...
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USDA suspends national honey bee report amid Trump budget cuts ...
Jul 8, 2019 ... The US Department of Agriculture recently announced that it was temporarily suspending data collection for the annual Honey Bee Colonies ...
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Pesticides disrupt bees' sense of smell and social signals - Earth.com
Dec 22, 2023 ... It's a well-established fact that pesticide sprays pose a significant threat to honey bees. However, recent research has shed light on a ...
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