Bumblebee nests may be overheating, killing off broods and placing one of the Earth’s critical pollinators in decline as temperatures rise, new research has found.…
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Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week
Bumblebees might be at home in town and country but now researchers have found at least one species that is even more adaptable: it can…
View More Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tell
I never expected a later-life love affair. But a few years ago, I was commissioned to write a book on garden insects and the earth…
View More ‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tellIn praise of bees: the Cupid of the flowering world
Honeybees turn nectar into honey. Plenty of other insects drink the sweet energy drink produced by flowers to fuel their flight, but no other stockpiles…
View More In praise of bees: the Cupid of the flowering worldFrom beehive to kitchen table: UK beekeepers call for new law to trace honey’s origin
Britain’s beekeepers are backing proposed new rules to combat fraud in the supply chain, ensuring a jar of honey can be traced on its journey…
View More From beehive to kitchen table: UK beekeepers call for new law to trace honey’s originWhere has all the honey gone? Scientists point to factors in declining yields
It’s a question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years: where has all the honey gone? Scientists now say they have some…
View More Where has all the honey gone? Scientists point to factors in declining yieldsBan use of bee-killing pesticide in UK, business chiefs tell government
The UK government should stop ignoring the science and block a bee-killing pesticide from being used, business leaders have said. The neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB…
View More Ban use of bee-killing pesticide in UK, business chiefs tell governmentAsian hornet likely to have become established in UK, say experts
It is likely the Asian hornet has become established in the UK, conservationists fear, as a record number of nests have been found. There has…
View More Asian hornet likely to have become established in UK, say expertsGardeners urged to ‘keep it local’ when creating a wildflower meadow
Gardeners hoping to establish a wildflower patch in their gardens should be wary of generic seed mixes and stick to local blooms to best serve…
View More Gardeners urged to ‘keep it local’ when creating a wildflower meadow‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers
When Stephen Buchmann finds a wayward bee on a window inside his Tucson, Arizona, home, he goes to great lengths to capture and release it…
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