Insects developed technology long before we did, so perhaps they can show us how to use it without damaging the planet.
Articles on Bees
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Whether you live in an urban apartment or a rural homestead, your outdoor area is more than just a private space. It’s a thriving ecosystem.
Hoverflies have evolved to trick predators into thinking they have a sting in the tail – but the predators have fought back.
Two new studies have linked controversial pesticides neonicotinoides to wild bee and butterfly declines.
Tracking the flight of the bumblebee teaches us how they use plants – and how we can help them.
New research shows that street lighting changes the activity of moths, and is likely to disrupt nocturnal pollination.
Honey bees are in decline and the current method of keeping them can be disruptive to a colony. But new designs allow beekeepers to monitor a hive remotely, even sniff out disease and pests.
Elephant numbers are increasing in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Their search for food is leading them into conflict with farmers living adjacent to game parks. Bees could prove to be the answer to the problem.
New study maps the spread of ‘deformed wing virus’ – and it follows patterns of human trade.
It’s long been a mystery how queen bees stop their workers from laying eggs. The solution comes from understanding a gene we call Anarchy.
Next time you reach for the honey, spare a thought for the other vital insects that pollinate our crops.
Bees, wasps and ants – a group known as Hymenoptera – can claim the title of deadliest insects. How did they evolve to be so painful?
Bees and humans share a long history. But now bee populations are in a worrying decline. So can beekeeping teach us how to live in harmony with the world’s most famous pollinator?
It’s difficult to individually track tiny insects but researchers think they’ve found a way to harness a bee’s own energy.
Nutrition is another factor - in addition to pesticides and bee disease - that has led to the dwindling of the global bee population.
Listing the value of bees, beavers and others on the pages of the world’s financial press helps to show that ecosystems deliver benefits worth staggering amounts of money - yet we scarcely keep track of it.
The way the Africa honeybee’s deal with parasites and pathogens can teach western beekeepers and researchers how to adapt their bees to fight diseases.
Formlings are representations of flying termites and their underground nests. They are associated with botantical subjects considered by the San to have great spiritual significance.
Animal attacks have been in the news a lot. Late last year, a 22-year-old student in New Jersey was killed by a black bear he had been photographing. This summer, swimmers off the coast of North Carolina…
Without insects the food chain would diminish and we would have very little fruit and vegetables to eat.
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