A floral scent can be enjoyable for a person, but it has an important job for the flower.
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Not all flowers smell good, to people at least, but their scents are a way to attract pollinators.
James Dorey
The last time a specimen was collected was in 1923.
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New research suggests that residential gardens are the source of 85% of the nectar produced in towns and cities.
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While you may have seen a lot of bees around lately, there’s no reason to be afraid. Some don’t sting, and others might actually be flies.
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Through a bee’s eyes, blue flowers are more common than you’d think — and they could be used to monitor environmental health.
Sleeping on the job?
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Chemicals banned in the EU were recently granted an exemption for limited use in the UK.
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Our study is the first to research the impact of online misinformation on biological invasions.
Insects are an inexpensive and effective way to teach children about science.
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Insects are plentiful and inexpensive. Even when children aren’t attending school in person, they can learn from the encounters they have with insects outside.
Working together to figure out where to eat.
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New research suggests individual bees are born with one of two learning styles – either curious or focused. Their genetic tendency has implications for how the hive works together.
Worker bees with capped brood (brown), open brood (white larva), all sorts of coloured pollen and shiny fresh nectar.
Cooper Schouten
A single colony of bees can have 60,000 bees in it. Together, they can visit up to 50 million flowers each day to collect pollen and nectar. They’re not called ‘busy bees’ for nothing!
The complex interactions that maintain group health inside a bee hive offer lessons for humanity during pandemics.
Rachael Bonoan
Life in a honey bee hive is all about cooperating for the collective good.
A swarm of giant Asian honey bees.
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Honey bees in the most polluted parts of an Indian city were more likely to die sooner and showed clear signs of poor health.
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Urban green spaces can be a rich habitat for diverse pollinators, if they’re managed properly.
Smaller farmers fields can be beneficial to wild species.
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The steep decline in biodiversity is worrying, especially as wild species are important for pollination and pest control.
Remko Leijs
Scientists and the community are building nests to help save the stunning green carpenter bee from extinction.
Scarlett Howard
Past research has shown honeybees can add, subtract and even understand ‘zero’. But according to new findings, they can’t tell four flowers from five in natural settings.
City gardeners are dependant on wild insects to make their gardens thrive.
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Victory gardens were popular during wartime, and have made a comeback during the current pandemic.
Bumble bee collecting pollen from a flower.
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Humans obtain bacteria through the foods they eat. But how do bees collect bacteria that live in and on them? And where do they pick up these microbes?
Agave honey bee log hive honey comb harvest.
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Wild bees provide many lessons. Watching and learning from them may help keep honeybees safe and thriving.
Some wasps are social insects, meaning they live in groups and have a queen.
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Bees aren’t the only species that has a queen.