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In the U.S., the results of field trials, conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), show that a common neonicotinoid called imidacloprid leads...
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Scientists revealed Wednesday the trigger that can plunge a colony of obedient and sterile worker bees dutifully serving their queen into a chaotic swarm...
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The study has pinpointed 139 counties in the U.S. where the falling wild bee supply and rising crop pollination demand will have a long-term...
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Neonicotinoid pesticides are a type of neuro-active insecticides, equivalent in chemical structure to nicotine. The pesticides are used by farmers, in some parts of...
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New archaeological evidence suggests humans have been keeping bees for over 9,000 years. This assumption is based on tiny fragments of beeswax being found...
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The finding opens up a new strand of research into the relationship between insects and fungi, and the impact on colony health. Some of...
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The global decline of bees is an issue of great importance. Bees pollinate over one-third of the world’s food crops; thus the rate of...
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That’s a remarkable adaptation, except for one thing. The bird can’t crack open the trees and stumps where the bees nest, and it also...
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For carrying out this rather bizarre feat, Michael Smith, of Cornell University, has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for physiology. Note this is...
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Bees and wasps are in decline worldwide. The potential reasons are several and they may occur in combination, including the indiscriminate use of pesticides,...