Small hive beetles are the only species known to trick worker bees into feeding them essential food for the bee colony’s own survival and reproduction.
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There is indeed merit to using beehives to keep elephants from eating and destroying crops.
Pollination in South Africa’s ecosystems is extremely complex. However new advances such as pollen metabarcoding help us understand interactions between pollinators and pollen.
Beekeeping cannot depend on a single forage source. This makes the business of ensuring bees have what they need to stay healthy a precarious business.
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Adjunct, Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Warsaw
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Senior Researcher, ARC Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council
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Researcher and Lecturer Genetics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Specialist Scientist Plant Protection Research Institute Agricultural Research Council, South Africa, Agricultural Research Council
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PhD in Conservation Genetics, Agricultural Research Council
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