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How does a real ‘hive mind’ work? The secret life of bees explained
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/cons … 5aboo.html
Bees play a big role in our world as pollinators, but are they endangered? How does a real ‘hive mind’ work? And what’s a waggle dance?
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Dealing with bees or wasps: When to leave them be, move them along, or call a pest controller
https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/bees-an … /101510808
Buzz stops: UK hopes to see more bee friendly bus stops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63019661
Bee bus shelters were first introduced in Utrecht in the Netherlands
Pollinators of the sea
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714031/polli … of-the-sea
It was long thought that animals only pollinated plants on land, but in 2016, scientists found that zooplankton pollinate
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Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/31137053
Ask Dr. Universe: Honey is one of the few foods that never spoils
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/ … oods-that/
I talked to my friend Brandon Hopkins, professor in the WSU department of entomology, about why honey lasts so long.
Reduced Productivity in Strawberries Pollinated by Neonic-Exposed Bees, Research Finds
https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsb … ler-fruit/
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Gardening Central Mass.: Supporting pollinators year-round
https://www.yahoo.com/video/gardening-c … 42809.html
Europe's bees stung by climate, pesticides and parasites
https://japantoday.com/category/feature … -parasites
Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food worldwide.
Pollinators prepare for winter
https://www.ksjd.org/2022-10-24/pollina … for-winter
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Swarming Bees May Potentially Change the Weather
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Green Infrastructure Can Provide Habitat for Pollinators in Our Cities
https://www.greenroofs.com/2023/01/05/g … ur-cities/
Biodiversity of bee population critical for ecosystems: Research
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/the … earch.html
In the first study of its kind, Rutgers determined how many more species of bees are required
Bees can't get COVID, but other virus infections may mean fewer babies
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bees-cant-cov … 26501.html
Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year – study
https://www.theguardian.com/environment … year-study
Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables
Swarms of bees can electrify the atmosphere, researchers find
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/swarms-bees-e … 26702.html
Flying bugs can generate an itsy bitsy electrical charge.
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3 things Mason bees need to flourish, and to give a boost to your garden
https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw … ur-garden/
AI can help farmers and the environment by tracking bees on camera
https://www.smartcompany.com.au/industr … king-bees/
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.
In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a strawberry farm in Victoria, Australia, to track bees and other insects as they flew from plant to plant pollinating flowers.
Using custom AI software, we analysed several days’ video footage from our system to build a picture of pollination behaviour over a wide area.
In the same way that monitoring roads can help traffic run smoothly, our system promises to make pollination more efficient. This will enable better use of resources and increased food production.
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Evaluating the effect of manuka honey on collagen scaffolds
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A garden but without bees then limited flower and plant growth?
The habitat on Mars constructed by exploiting local materials, bees will help an eco system stay healthy, tree and plant can use used as material and food. Macquarie Island the world without nectar-seeking birds or bees, halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Not all Flowers are good for Bees. The South Pole is one of the few places on planet Earth that is too harsh for the bee, Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet you find bees and you also that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.
Raising queen bees becoming a business on Mars?
Pollinators Bees living inside an Enclosure Architecture, what mistakes and correct moves can be made for Polinators on Earth?
Good buzz: How to attract pollinators to your Cape Cod garden
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news … 935466007/
You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hotspot
https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-tur … y-hotspot/
New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species
Honey: Health Benefits, Uses and Risks
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/302572
Honey & Milk: A Healthy Combo
https://www.credihealth.com/blog/benefi … ilk-combo/
Research station on Macquarie Island to undergo renovations | ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghi54oJ22m0
As a group of tradies head south to Macquarie Island, they are preparing to set the foundations for a seven-year renovation project likely to be full of challenges.
Macquarie Island, Australia (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/Yo82HdoCSRk
Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997
Even with Air, survivable temperature, available Sunshine, the extreme of Macquarie Island feels remote
The Geologic Oddity in Australia where the Mantle is Exposed; Macquarie Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ3M3haffmY
Southwestern Pacific Ocean, Coordinates 54.63°S 158.86°E
a weaker Sun like the planet Mars? Macquarie Island is one of the cloudiest places on Earth with an annual average of only 862 hours of sunshine similar to Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. Annually, there is an average of 289.4 cloudy days and just 3.5 clear days.
An invasive species almost collapsed an eco-system? The Australian newspaper reported that rabbits, rats and mice had been nearly eradicated from the island. Macquarie Island is still inhabited by several invasive bird species, such as the mallard.
The beautiful flowers that bees can't use
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2023 … s-cant-use
In some countries, producers of local and native plants have joined together in professional networks. German producers created a label with Regiosaaten (a German assurance of quality and origin) about 20 years ago, guaranteeing the traceability of wild and local plants. In France, the Végétal local label is a similar approach. The label has 75 members throughout France. In 2022, the brand received 25 new applications from farms, the first time since its creation in 2018. More recently, a European association, Native Seed, has joined these national networks. Its aims are to promote the "adoption of international standards for native seed in ecological restoration" and the "adaptation to the European native seed supply chain".
But to increase the availability of suitable plants for pollinators, it's not just the plant nurseries that need to change – mentalities must, too.
Spring flowers such as crocus, bluebells and forget-me-not can provide an early source of nectar for bees emerging from their winter nests
The most difficult part will be to provide gardeners with plants that are beneficial for pollinators. "It is very difficult to tell the difference between a genetically native specimen and a non-native one," says Berthon.
Frischie explains that, if you go to a traditional nursery market, you can buy a native plant but more often, these are treated with insecticides to make them bigger and taller. "Some insecticides just stay at the surface and decrease with watering, but others don't and stay on the plant during its lifetime. If you put this plant in your garden, even if it is a native one, it will kill pollinators," she says.
Effort to Help Pollinators Shows Successes and Limitations
https://www.labmanager.com/news/effort- … ions-29846
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Bees and other pollinators returning to parts of Sweden
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/bees-a … -of-sweden
Leaf cutter bees for greenhouse polination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pU18OqoC4
Why You Should Use Leaf Cutter Bees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HgLYXHvpNA
The risk of stinging humans?
Couple survive swarm attack of 10,000 bees - but left with stings all over their bodies
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new … 0-29307274
A couple miraculously survived an attack by thousands of wild bees that were sent into a frenzy by raging forest fires.
Pruan Punta, 73, and his wife Saisuda Kwai-aun, 53, were sitting under a mango tree in front of their home in northern Tak province, Thailand, when a swarm of about 10,000 angry bees descended upon them.
The insects started divebombing the terrified couple, stinging them all over their bodies.
Pruan jumped into the nearby Ping River to avoid the stings, but his unfortunate wife, who suffered partial paralysis, was unable to escape and had to endure the full force of the bees' attack.
With the crazed swarm still following him, Pruan emerged from the water and ran 500 meters to his neighbor's house, where he called for help.
Do Carpenter Bees Sting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlIu-yAEHi0
Mason Bees For BEGINNERS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGtFsBqhbA
Indoor 'queen banking' could help beekeepers deal with changing climate
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 … 132612.htm
Keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units
What does it mean for plants and bees if spring comes early?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-envi … -1.6299960
Bees, butterflies + blueberries—why pollinators matter in Alabama
https://bhamnow.com/2023/03/03/bees-but … n-alabama/
Walk along a trail at Ruffner Mountain or just take some time to observe your own backyard. You’ll soon notice pollinators at work. Butterflies, moths, bees and critters of all kinds
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What do messy lawns have to do with bee food? A bee expert explains
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-messy-law … xpert.html
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Bees learn to dance and to solve puzzles from their peers
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03 … eir-peers/
The first, published in the journal PLoS Biology, demonstrated that bumblebees could learn to solve simple puzzle
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Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bigger-gr … tions.html
'Let It Bee' project designates wildflowers for council land
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23392 … ncil-land/
A nature recovery project to increase biodiversity has been launched by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils.
The ‘Let It Bee’ project will see wildflowers and plants allowed to grow on 17 council-owned sites across the districts.
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Just one of the reasons that flowers are mixed in with other crop plants is to get those little bee's to do their thing.....
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Breeding hygienic honey bees, and the effect of hygiene on bee pests and diseases
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/lasi/sussexplan/hygienicbees
It is not always an easy task to control the many pests and diseases of our honey bees. For many years beekeepers used fluvalinate to combat varroa mites
Environment: Honey bees provide a snapshot of city landscape and health
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-environme … -city.html
Urban honey bees could be used to gain insight into the microbiome of the cities in which they forage, which can potentially provide information on both hive and human health
Study reveals how pollinators evade plant toxins
https://www.earth.com/news/study-reveal … nt-toxins/
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies reveals they’re anything but
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985678
How Do Hummingbirds Help Pollination?
https://sciencing.com/hummingbirds-help … 66837.html
Sunbirds serve as major pollinators for various populations of Firmiana kwangsiensis, a tree endemic to South China
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jse.12311
Geckos and Lemurs and… What? Celebrating Unexpected Pollinators
https://sercblog.si.edu/geckos-and-lemu … llinators/
Bats As Pollinators: What Plants Do Bats Pollinate
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden … nators.htm
The Australian Painted Lady Butterfly has pale brown underwings and a delicate pattern of orange and brown on the upper wings, with tiny blue eyespots on the hind wings. The larvae are brown and spiky with a pale yellow stripe along each side.
https://australian.museum/learn/animals … nted-lady/
Migration Cycle of the Painted Lady
https://pollinatorweb.com/migration-cyc … nted-lady/
Volunteer creates an environment at Willamette Valley Vineyards for mason bees to thrive
https://news.yahoo.com/volunteer-create … 34771.html
Outside, a much smaller workforce buzzes, literally, with one of nature’s most critical jobs: pollination.
Mason bees are, to enthusiasts like Stephen Paisley, the underappreciated underdog of the bee family.
Pollinators are critical members of any ecosystem. They help plants reproduce.
“You lose pollinators, you lose a large portion of your food source,” Paisley said on a recent morning at Willamette Valley Vineyard.
Which is why Paisley has dedicated his retired life to mason bees. The vineyard’s former electrician is now its resident volunteer beekeeper.
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Dandelions are a lifeline for bees on the brink – we should learn to love them
https://theconversation.com/dandelions- … hem-204504
'amazing plants that can survive anywhere, as long as we allow them.'
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Lambeth Bee Roads looks to make the borough more bee friendly
https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2023/05/lam … -friendly/
What native plants attract pollinators in Quebec?
https://davidsuzuki.org/living-green/wh … in-quebec/
Quebec has a variety of unique and important pollinators that maintain the province’s natural systems and economy.
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Brazilian Frog Might Be the First Pollinating Amphibian Known To Science
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a protective suit to try to prevent injuries while working
People on Mars might need a Beesuit?
bullet dodging bees
https://twitter.com/ABC7/status/1658331994806419458
An LAPD volunteer officer was stung dozens of times and lost his footing as he was assisting with the response to a bee swarm in Encino
Some beekeepers provide a pollination service to other farmers. These beekeepers might not produce any honey for sale. Pollination beekeepers move vast quantities of honey bee hives at night so fruits and vegetables have enough pollinating insects available for maximum levels of production. In 2016, almonds accounted for 86% of all U.S. expenditures on pollination services.For the service of maintaining strong colonies of bees and moving them into crops such as almonds, apples, cherries, blueberries, melons, and squash, these beekeepers are usually paid a cash fee.
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Birds, bees and butterflies: Plant these Kentucky natives to draw them to your garden
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Moths are super pollinators too, did you know?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65831555
Insects, like bees and butterflies, pollinate plants when they go from flower to flower
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Bees and hoverflies are key to growing more fruit and veg in cities -- new research
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Bee City USA — Salem Celebrating National Pollinator Week
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Ecologist Tim Blackburn: 'Moths pollinate a wider range of species than bees'
https://www.livescience.com/animals/mot … -than-bees
Asian hornet numbers 'absolutely crazy' this year - with beer an unlikely temptation
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/a … y-30370901
Asian hornets are an incredibly aggressive insect predator that are an invasive species
old article on Honey and Beer
'6 of the Best Honey Beers'
https://www.hopculture.com/best-honey-b … s-braggot/
I can’t really remember the first time I drank a beer brewed with honey. Clearly, I wasn’t wowed by the experience. I should clarify that honey is a tricky ingredient — balancing the sticky sweetness is no easy task.
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magazine scienceconnected looks like a good news feed site
another news item from popular science could fit in some of our Anicent Earth, Dinosaur, Asteroid, Pre-History threads
The world’s earliest bees may have called Gondwana home
https://www.popsci.com/environment/bee- … -gondwana/
The land mass began to break apart about 180 million years ago
Bee Phenology: How Are Bees Feeling the Heat?
https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2 … -the-heat/
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