Plants Battling for Pollinators
Plants Will Start Battling For Pollinators as Insects Decline. Losing Could Mean Exile TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS Plants can go to extraordinary lengths to tempt pollinators…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Research Suggests That Global Trends in Farming Practices are Undermining POLLINATORS.
University of Maryland, College Park Credit: Martin Husemann Honey bee worker and a male Andrena sp on apple blossom. A multinational team of researchers…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Urban Gardens and Allotments Provide Especially Good Habitat for Pollinator Communities.
By: Mike Gaworecki (Photo: The River and The Wall) Many pollinator insect species like bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are on the decline, due in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Worldwide Importance of Honey Bees for Natural Habitats Honey Bees as World’s Key Pollinator of Non-Crop Plants – Maybe, Maybe Not. Read On….
Source Newsroom: University of California San Diego Credit: James Hung/UC San DiegoA honey bee pollinates a Carpobrotus edulis plant. The proportion of all floral…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Some flies can detect chemical signals – alarm pheromones – that bees give off when attacked. Some flowers use that to trick the flies.
A researcher at the University of Bayreuth in Germany has found a fascinating example of plants being deceptive to ensure that they are pollinated…
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