If a honey bee behaves in a more selfish way — eating more honey than it produces when doing so jeopardizes the success of the hive, the hive may perish because of it, and the genetic traits that might have led to this behavior are not going to be replicated. If a bee behaves in ...
Pollinatorsarethereforeimportant,buttheyarealsoatrisk.Climatechange,habitatloss,andinvasivepredators(入侵捕食者)allthreatenthem.TheUnitedStates,forexample,haslostover50percentofitshoneybeesoverthepasttenyears.Aseriousthreatfacingbeesiscolonycollapsedisorder,whenworkerbeesmysteriouslydisappearfromtheircolony.Scientistsare...
Pollinators prop up as much as $577 billion in food products, with this species alone offering a commercial value of many billions of dollars. State butterfly: This insect is named after Polyxena, a figure from Greek mythology. It is common in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains, in ...
or other small mammals by ticks contaminated withBorrelia burgdorferi. It is the most common infection caused by tick bites in the U.S.; so named for the Connecticut town where the disease was first documented and studied.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infectionspread to humans from squirrels, mice, or other small mammals by ticks contaminated withBorrelia burgdorferi. It is the most common infection caused by tick bites in the U.S.; so named for the Connecticut town where the disease was first documented and stud...
Plants that producewind-blown pollen, many of which are trees, make life miserable for millions of human allergy sufferers each year. A large number of tree species produce extremely small pollen particles from their male sexual parts. These trees use the wind as their favorite means of pollen...
Cicadas have been known to contain a small amount of Mercury and could trigger allergies in certain people. Here's who should pass on snacking on cicadas. -Women who are pregnant or nursing -Children -People who suffer from gout as cicadas can cause flare-ups ...
This micro-forest is as much an ecosystem and home of endemic flowers, endemic grass, endemic pollinators, and several other species, as are the big vast jungles in which larger mammals live, that are protected under National Park status. Let’s get back to the war of love and beauty ...
There are over 20,000 various species within the family Apoidae, and multiple are kept by humans across the globe. In particular,Apis mellifera, a honey bee, is the most commonly kept bee around the world. And indeed, for all the wildflowers these pollinators visit, bees have been genetic...
State insect: This species is one of the most important pollinators of crops worldwide, helping to grow almonds, apples, and blueberries, among other foods. Pollinators prop up as much as $577 billion in food products, with this species alone offering a commercial value of many billions of...