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Microplastics are muddling honeybee memory, jeopardising pollination, and threatening our crops. Discover how these tiny ...
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Can Bumblebees Actually Pee?
Even insects occasionally release a few droplets while flying. But is it really urine? PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider, an expert in the anatomy of social insects such as bumblebees and ...
Discover why 'No Mow May' isn't effective for pollinator support in North America. Learn about better ways to help bees and other pollinators thrive.
“Put the tallest (plant) in the middle, so the design is almost like a cone. Or if you just want some pretty flowers, put a ...
If you want to bring the bees to your home garden, invest in these spring bloomers now so that you can get these pollinators ...
“Put the tallest (plant) in the middle, so the design is almost like a cone. Or if you just want some pretty flowers, put a ...
Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics, which may originate from everyday products, can make bees more ...
Male carpenter bees lack stingers, and though females do have them, they are docile and don’t sting unless handled or ...
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.
This time of year fills me with such joy and anticipation. Seeing old friends emerge from the ground is almost as rewarding ...
As April winds down, get ready to look for the signs of the slow flying bumble bees that are really carpenter bees that will ...
These are the times that try men’s souls, wrote Thomas Paine in the opening of the first of a series of essays collectively ...