Seeds have been growing in the greenhouse, and potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins have gone into the ground. It will be another two or three weeks before danger of frosts has passed and we can plant tomatoes and other tender seedlings. We have planted a berry patch this year with raspberries,...
Bumblebees secrete a substance from their tarsi wherever they land, which can be detected by conspecifics. These secretions are referred to as scent-marks, which bumblebees are able to use as social cues. Although it has been found that bumblebees can de
All bee handling procedures were carefully done using plastic pots rather than forceps to reduce stress of handling. Experimental Methods and Results Preferences and Energy Intake Rates If bumble bees' choices were guided directly by energy gained per unit time, we should expect them to be ...
Beans were sown in 3L pots containing 'John Innes n°2' compost and thinned to one plant per pot when they reached an adequate size. Bombus terrestris are among the most common visitors of Vicia faba in the fields31,58, therefore investigating changes in their behaviour due to a ...
The queen bumble bee stores a small quantity of honey in wax pots that she builds inside the nest. She works hard to fill these pots with nectar so that when she starts to raise brood, she can stay in the nest until the first brood reaches maturity. Much like a broody hen, she caref...
They reach about 4 to 5 feet tall and so you need to plant them at least 3 feet apart, a point at which they will grow together into a lovely hedge! PLUS, when summer is ending and everything else in your garden has finished blooming, except for those annuals that we plant for ...
Sedum (ice plant) And last weekend I found my first flowering ivy of the year, by the sea at Flushing. An important last big feed of the year for honey bees. There is even a bee called the ‘Ivy mining bee’, which emerges in the autumn in time for the ivy flowers. The male Ivy...
Early spring bumble bee colonies are comprised of a single fertilized queen, female workers, and immature brood [17]. Within the nest, pollen is stored in clumps upon which brood are reared, and nectar pots are constructed to store nectar and wax [17]. Depending on the species, nests may...
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Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are a key group of social bees that perform essential pollination services for a wide range of commercially important crops and wild plant species10,22–24 . However, to date studies investigating possible neonicotinoid impacts on learning and memory have been performed ...