Posts Tagged ‘bees’
Are Europe’s wild bees bouncing back?
U. LEEDS (UK) — Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants in Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands have slowed in recent years. Continue…
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Earth & Environment - Apr 2, 2013 15:16 - 0 Comments
Metal pollution puts bumblebees at risk
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Bumblebees may ingest toxic amounts of aluminum and nickel when they visit flowers growing in polluted soil, new research shows.
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Earth & Environment - Mar 14, 2013 10:27 - 4 Comments
Bumble bee loss threatens food security
RUTGERS (US) — Wild pollinators are just as important, and often more efficient, at pollinating crops than domestic honey bee colonies, but bumble bee colonies are vanishing. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 11, 2013 8:20 - 14 Comments
Tiny particles packed with bee venom kill HIV
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers are a step closer to developing a vaginal gel to prevent the spread of HIV. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 12:08 - 0 Comments
Plants and pollinators falling out of sync
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Using historical records about plants and pollinators, scientists have found that today’s pollination networks aren’t as robust as they were about 100 years ago. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 13, 2013 11:29 - 0 Comments
In warm climate, early flights for butterflies
BOSTON U. (US) — Unlike birds, butterflies in the US Northeast appear to be flying earlier in warmer years. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 27, 2012 15:29 - 1 Comment
City bees hit the road to hunt for flowers
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN / UC BERKELEY (US) — Ground-nesting bumblebees fare best in areas with more flower diversity and less pavement, research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 9, 2012 7:56 - 4 Comments
Bees fight back killer mites, and win!
PURDUE (US) — Honeybees are developing defenses to outsmart and destroy varroa mites, which can wipe out entire bee colonies. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2012 12:38 - 0 Comments
Honeybee brains can sort art by style
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Monet or Picasso? Honeybees, which have a highly developed capacity for processing complex visual information, may be able to distinguish between artistic styles, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 17, 2012 14:36 - 0 Comments
Reversible ‘tags’ on genes tell bees their jobs
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Genetically identical worker bees take on very different roles in the hive—a division of labor that now appears to be linked to chemical tags on those identical genes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 7, 2012 12:11 - 0 Comments
Flowers ‘optimized’ colors for bee vision
MONASH U. (AUS) — Over millions of years, flowers in Australia and Europe have evolved to produce the same colors to attract bees, a new study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - May 4, 2012 10:12 - 2 Comments
Beehive remedy may slow prostate cancer
U. CHICAGO (US) — An over-the-counter remedy derived from honeybee hives stalls the growth of prostate cancer cells in mice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 18, 2012 11:58 - 1 Comment
RNA snippets direct worker bee tasks
WASHINGTON U.- ST. LOUIS (US) — Worker bees’ tasks change as they age, and a new study finds that tiny bits of RNA control this behavior shift. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 17, 2012 10:07 - 0 Comments
For hive health, queen bee has many mates
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — By mating with nearly 100 males, queen bees on isolated islands avoid inbreeding and keep colonies healthy. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 15, 2012 11:04 - 0 Comments
Why some honeybees itch to explore
CORNELL / U. ILLINOIS (US) — Honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains that are similar to those in people who seek the new and different. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 13, 2012 9:47 - 0 Comments
Honey bees stay healthy in probiotic hives
INDIANA U. (US) — Greater genetic diversity among workers leads to honey bee colonies with fewer pathogens and more abundant helpful bacteria. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 15, 2011 16:46 - 2 Comments
Social or solitary: It’s in bees’ genes
U. ILLINOIS (US) — A new study of different types of bees—bumble bees, honey bees, stingless bees, and solitary bees—offers a first look at the genetic underpinnings of their different lifestyles. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 14, 2011 20:45 - 0 Comments
Bees keep up as Earth heats up
CORNELL (US) — Bees and plants are able to keep pace as the warm temperatures of spring start a little earlier each year due to climate change, according to new research. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 31, 2011 6:00 - 3 Comments
Native bees: More bee for the buck
CORNELL (US) — Native bees are two to three times better pollinators, are more plentiful, and are less prone to colony collapse than the better known honeybee, a new study shows. (more…)
