Wild bees depend on the landscape structure
Research team led by University of Göttingen investigates flower strips, organic farming and small crop fieldsCredit: Bettina Donkó Sowing strips ...
Tag: Entomology
Researchers look for answers as to why western bumblebees are declining
Credit: Christy Bell A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the ...
Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia
Ecology experts connect species to Asia, AntarcticaCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia ...
Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa
Credit: Penelope Hancock In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers have mapped the patterns ...
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continuesCredit: Jim Occi/Rutgers University-New Brunswick There's some good news in New ...
Spider baby boom in a warmer Arctic
Climate change leads to longer growing seasons in the Arctic. A new study shows that predators like wolf spiders respond ...
Bugs resort to several colours to protect themselves from predators
Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why?Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first ...
Undergraduate student discovers 18 new species of aquatic beetle in South America
Credit: Andrew Smith LAWRENCE -- It would be striking for a seasoned entomologist with decades of fieldwork to discover such ...
Helping honey bees make it through winter with early cold storage
New website availableCredit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, June 22, 2020--Putting honey bees into early indoor cold storage in October rather than ...
Tick surveillance and control lagging in US, study shows
First-ever survey of tick-management programs shows clear public health gapCredit: Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Annapolis, MD; ...
Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides
Credit: Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The lives of honeybees are shortened - with evidence of ...
Agroforestry is ‘win win’ for bees and crops, study shows
First observed evidence that agroforestry boosts pollinator numbers and crop pollination in temperate climatesCredit: Alexa Varah Planting woody plant species ...
Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first
Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...
Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe
Frankfurt researchers use ecological niche modelling to project the distribution of Chagas disease vectorsCredit: Dorian D. Dörge for Goethe University ...
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