Tracking Pollinators in Ireland
How technology is giving nature – and pollinators – a helping hand in Armagh Gary McDonald Business Editor NATURE – and the art of…
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Honey Bees Faithful to Flowers
Honey Bees More Faithful to Their Flower Patches Than Bumble Bees Contact: Kim Kaplan Email: Kim Kaplan MADISON, WI,—Honey bees are more faithful to their…
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San Diego Bees
Plants Pollinated by Honey Bees Produce Lower-quality Offspring Dominant in the San Diego region, foreign honey bees visit nearly twice as many flowers as…
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Monarchs’ White Spots
Monarchs’ White Spots Aid Migration By Eurasia Review If you’ve ever wondered how the monarch butterfly got its spots, University of Georgia researchers may have just…
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Restore and Protect Solutions Offer
National Academies Offer Sustainable Solutions to Restore and Protect Critical Species By Sydney O’Shaughnessy Pollinators including insects, birds, bats, and other animals are essential…
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High School Pollinator Grants
Pollinator Grants Offered to High Schools Sand County Foundation is now accepting applications from high school teachers for pollinator habitat grants. This competitive grant…
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Bumblebee Size
When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter? While honey bee workers are all the same size, that’s not true for bumblebees. Scientists aren’t…
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Ancestral Flower Power
Insects have a lot to do with ancestral flower power, study finds The Botanic Gardens of Sydney has published a paper with researchers from…
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Endangered Species Update
Pending Endangered Listings: What Growers Need to Know Two pending endangered species listings for pollinators can have major impacts on the almond industry as…
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Pollinator Week Tips
National Honey Board shares Pollinator Week Tips Source: National Honey Board By Brian Amick Honey bees are responsible for a third of the food we…
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Happy Pollinator Week!
Links: Honey Bee Health Coalition: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/ Farmers for Monarchs: https://farmersformonarchs.org/
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Pollen as a Nutrient Source
Use of bee pollen as a nutrient source By Bhavana Kunkalikar Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in the Nutrients journal, researchers evaluated using…
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Bumblebee Production in Turkey
Bombus bees are produced in laboratories to be used in greenhouses With the ‘bombus bee’ project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in…
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Crop Protection Myths Debunked
Crop Protection Myths Debunked Continued By Marcel Bruins Myth: Insect deaths are the result of pesticide use Fact: The decrease in insect populations must be studied…
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4-H Pollinator Habitat
4-H Youth Launch Projects to Improve Pollinator Habitat $15K grant supports local efforts in eastern Kansas MANHATTAN, Kan. – An ambitious group of teenagers…
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USDA – Smaller Almond Crop
USDA Forecasts Smaller Almond Crop Harvest 2023 expected to be down 3 percent from last year after a stormy bloom. MODESTO, Calif. – The 2023 California…
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No Bumblebees in Greenhouse
“No bumblebees in our greenhouse” As more and more growers turn to environmentally friendly methods, bee pollination has become a popular choice. However, at…
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Pollinators Evade Plant Toxins
Study reveals how pollinators evade plant toxins By Eric Ralls Earth.com New research is shedding light on the remarkable ability of pollinators such as honeybees to detoxify…
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Netting’s Effect on Pollination
Net effects on pollination Netting’s implications for pollination still being explored. Matt Milkovich, TJ Mullinax Michigan State University trials show that draping nets over…
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Bigger Flowers
Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators University of Michigan Summary: There’s been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime…
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