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Bumblebees Show Off Their Own Puzzle-Solving Culture Bees pollinate our crops and contribute $15 billion to our economy. Albert Einstein said, “If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.” So why do we try to kill them off with pesticides? Scientific American Reports: “Like …
“I think it’s fascinating how much we still don’t know about organisms that we think we know really well,” study coauthor and ETH Zurich professor Consuelo De Moraes told BBC News. “It absolutely increases our sense of wonder at the cleverness of nature in all its many forms.” Bumblebees Trick Plants Into Flowering Early, Study …
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Great shelter in place project! Bumblebee Conservation Trust: A brief guide to bee nest boxes Bex Cartwright, our Making a Buzz for the Coast Conservation Officer, has written this handy guide on how to create or choose a suitable bee box to make a perfect home for solitary bees in your garden! Siting your bee …
Bumblebee Conservation Trust: A brief guide to bee nest boxes Bex Cartwright, our Making a Buzz for the Coast Conservation Officer, has written this handy guide on how to create or choose a suitable bee box to make a perfect home for solitary bees in your garden! Siting your bee nest box To maximise the …
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“This work also holds out hope by implying ways that we might take the sting out of climate change for these and other organisms by maintaining habitats that offer shelter, like trees, shrubs or slopes, that could let bumblebees get out of the heat. “Ultimately, we must address climate change itself and every action we …
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