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Gardener Goes to Capture Their Magnolia’s First Bloom — Finds a Bumblebee Having a ‘Pollen Party’
While this cute bumblebee spent a frolicking time, it taught us that life is too short not to taste a flower.
Feral honeybees are threatening other Southern Californian pollinators: Study
Wild honeybees in Southern California are devouring the food supplies of native pollinators — posing a potential threat to ...
Science Daily1d
What happens when bees can’t buzz right? Nature starts falling apart
High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors ...
Honey bees remove 80% of pollen—leaving native bees with nothing
Feral honey bees, once celebrated for their agricultural value, are now threatening native ecosystems in Southern California ...
Heat and heavy metals are changing the way that bees buzz
Ongoing research into the effect of environmental change on the buzzing of bees reveals that high temperatures and exposure ...
Earth.com1d
Honey bee invasion: A growing threat to native pollinators
Honey bees outcompete native bees, removing most pollen and threatening wild ecosystems in Southern California.
UCSD study warns: Non-native honey bees threaten food supply for native pollinators
Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a significant threat to native California bees and other ...
JOHN MACLEOD: Hairy and dishevelled, bopping along as if sozzled...but hum of the bumblebee is truly the voice of our gardens
Bumblebees do not make honey: they do not need to, for a colony lasts but one long summer. Only the fattest hibernating ...
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These Plants Are the Best “Bee Magnets,” According to Scientists
Which Flowers Truly Attract Bees and Hoverflies? An international research team has now found the answer—with surprising ...