That’s not all—a study found bees and other pollinating insects have a global economic value of around £120 billion and contribute around £690 million to the UK economy every year. So, bees are worth protecting. Although a small number of bee species are important for crops such ...
Here, we show that SHBs can complete an entire life cycle in association with nests of solitary bees Megachile rotundata. The data also show that flowers can serve as alternative food sources. These results support the opportunistic nature of this invasive species, thereby generating further ...
Here, we show that SHBs can complete an entire life cycle in association with nests of solitary bees Megachilerotundata. The data also show that flowers can serve as alternative food sources. These results support the opportunistic nature of this invasive species, thereby generating further obstacles...
How many species of insects are there? More than half of all the animal species described by science are insects, and it is estimated that there are more than five million extant species. That’s a lot ofbeetles,butterflies, moths,ants,bees, wasps, flies,termites,crickets,grasshoppers, cockro...
Much debate surrounds whether any animals are able to count in the precise, symbolic way that we humans can. But many species – from parrots to monkeys and even bees andfish such as stingrays– do appear to have a capacity for some sort of basic numeracy. Asian elephants seem particularly...
of pollen (Scheuchl and Willner2016). Besides the domesticated and agriculturally utilized honeybee (Apis melliferaL., 1785), there are approximately 20,000 wild bee species worldwide (Michener2007). Wild bees can be as effective as, or even more effective than, honeybees in pollination, though...
Bees are an essential and indispensable part of the ecosystem; however, that does not mean you have to share your house with them. A beehive inside the property can be very inconvenient and pose serious threats to the inhabitants of the house. Identify the species before you begin the bee ...
No one knows precisely how many types of dinosaurs inhabited the planet. There are currently about 700 named species, but this probably represents a fraction of the dinosaurs that ever existed. Dinosaurs ranged in size from immense to tiny, and they came in various shapes. Today's dinosaur cla...
A honeybee visits the blossoms of a cherry tree in spring. Honeybees pollinate many fruit crops such as cherries, almonds and apples. The Western honeybee came to the US from Europe in the 17th century. Six otherApisspecies exist in Southeast Asia, suggesting that’s where honeybees originated...
You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinc