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Researchers discover how honey bees are more faithful to flower patches th
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
When it comes to returning to collect additional pollen and nectar, honey bees are more devoted to their flower patches than bumble bees, according to researchers.
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Honey bees more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers found that honey bees are more loyal to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar. This research was published in Ecosphere.
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Research: Fertilisers affect how bees see flowers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that chemicals used in agriculture, like fertilizers and pesticides, can change the way bees 'see' a flower, and that this reduces the number of bees visiting a flower.
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Study finds how physical traits of flowers affect health of bumble bees
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The research showed that the length of a flower's corolla, or petals, affects how this pathogen is transferred between bees because shorter corollas mean that fewer bee faeces wind up inside the flower itself and in the path of bees looking for nectar.
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Researchers find climate change negatively impacts bumble bees
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A recent study by researchers discovered that changes in temperature negatively impact several species of bumble bees over the past 120 years. A group of researchers revealed that change in temperature has a negative impact more than other factors- precipitat
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Climate change negatively impacts bumble bees: Study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24(ANI): A new study revealed that change in temperature has negative impact over the past 120 years on several species of bumble bees. The researchers also discovered that change in temperature has a negative impact more than other factors like precipitation or floral
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