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Tag: Bees

Close Encounters

Want to save the bees? Pay attention to pathogens and flowers

Researchers at UMass Amherst deploy fluorescent paint, pipettes, tents, tweezers and scissors to trace three-way connection between plants, pathogens and bees

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022
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Close Encounters

Drought damages a plant’s perfume

Bees may be using their sense of smell to detect and avoid stressed plants.

by Alun SaltAugust 26, 2022August 26, 2022
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Close Encounters Plants & People

What makes bees feel at home in the city?

A study of the bees of Toronto aimed to uncover what factors help or hinder urban pollinators.

by Alun SaltMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022
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Bilingual Español Photos Plants & People

Bees, honey and Agave in the northern sierra of La Barca, Jalisco

You may have tried tequila or mezcal. But have you ever wondered what is happening in the fields where the Agave plants grow?

by Elizabeth GarcíaSeptember 14, 2021September 27, 2021
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Bilingual Close Encounters

The colour of background vegetation reveals how bees see flowers

Studying how bees perceive flowers gives insight into how pollinators have influenced flower evolution.

by Andrea RomeroSeptember 7, 2021September 10, 2021
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Bilingual Close Encounters

How will plants cope with fewer pollinators?

A recent paper highlights a critical research gap, and reveals the potential for finding new data in old places.

by Rachael Olliff-YangApril 13, 2021April 30, 2021
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Featured Plant Cuttings

Flying insects plummet

Where have all the flower-pollinating insects have gone?

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 20, 2018April 5, 2018
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AoB PLANTS

Reproductive traits affect the rescue of valuable and endangered multipurpose tropical trees

by AoBPLANTSJanuary 18, 2017January 18, 2017
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Graffiti Bee
Articles

Conservation in the City

A new article argues that conservation shouldn’t be left to the countryside. There are major impacts to be made looking at pollinators in the city.

by Alun SaltJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017
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Osmia lignaria on a bramble
Articles

Are all plant pollinators as busy as a bee?

by Alun SaltJune 17, 2015June 16, 2015
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Floral elaiophores in the genus Lockhartia
Annals of Botany

How orchids feed specialized bee pollinators

A survey of flowers of 16 species of Lockhartia determines that all have elaiophores (oil glands) of the trichomal type.

by AJ CannApril 17, 2014April 11, 2014
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Bee Swarm
Articles

More bad news for bees, now plant viruses are after them

by Alun SaltJanuary 30, 2014January 30, 2014
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Insects on ivy flowers
Articles

Another reason not to poison ivy

by Alun SaltDecember 2, 2013November 26, 2013
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Links

Fearful bees can reduce flower pollination

by Alun SaltOctober 4, 2013
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