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Plants support pollinators in the most basic of ways.
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Scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. Delete the scoop?
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Butterflies that feed on grass, such as the meadow brown, bucked the trend with increased numbers in an otherwise washout 2012, a survey suggests. Delete the scoop?
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Mason bee nest block instructions tell you how to care for the nest blocks, nest tubes, and mason bees through an entire season. Delete the scoop?
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Urban beekeeping structure....repurposed fruit crates. Delete the scoop?
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If you can’t convince people that biodiversity is important, then you have to use the lowest common denominator. Even a 3-year old understands the importance of bees for pollination (see prev... 
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Native and non-native pollinator contributions to agriculutre like total toward the trillions annually, in US dollars. Delete the scoop?
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Citizen Scientists League - Scientific observation, experimentation, discovery and invention.
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Bees, the most important pollinators of our crops, are in trouble. All over the world, their populations are decreasing and scientists want to know why. In t...
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Jean-Henri Fabre The Wonders of Instinct Giant hornet The Giant Hornet (Vespa Crabo) February has its sunny days, heralding spring, to which rude winter will reluctantly yield place.
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Collection Manager Jim Boone takes us on a tour of the Herman Strecker Butterfly and Moth Collection at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. The history of the collection and some its most interesting specimens are explored.
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Lovely box beehives, in almost Georgian or Federal style
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A beehive is the urban roof accessory du jour, even more popular than its eco-friendly cousins, solar panels or greenery.
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I liked this. Another quick and entertaining look at why bees are important, why they’re crashing, and what people can do about it (at least, on a very fine scale). And it’s all done in Scottish."
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There have been quite a few posts on ConservationBytes.com regarding the ecosystem service of pollination, so I thought it would be a good idea to list them all in one place. Buzzing to the plate (...
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Scroll down for the insect, yea even pollinator view.
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Jean-Henri Fabre The Wonders of Instinct Giant hornet The Giant Hornet (Vespa Crabo) February has its sunny days, heralding spring, to which rude winter will reluctantly yield place.
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19th century French biologist Fabre writes with charm, "Two species have come hurrying up to take part in the joys of the almond-tree: first, the Horned Osmia, clad in black velvet on the head and breast, with red velvet on the abdomen; and, a little later, the Three-horned Osmia, whose livery must be red and red only. These are the first delegates despatched by the pollen-gleaners to ascertain the state of the season and attend the festival of the early blooms."
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A new study has found that a global network of bee traps may form an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world's food system and economies.
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Researchers have uncovered a new element of the honeybee's genetic makeup, which may help to explain why bees are so sensitive to environmental changes.
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Queen sweat bees ‘choose’ the role of their daughters, according to a new study. The amount of food provided for the developing larvae determines whether the daughter becomes a worker or a new queen.
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Dennis vanEngelsdorp - Dennis vanEngelsdorp is Acting State Apiarist for Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture, studying colony collapse disorder -- the alarming, worldwide disappearance of worker bees and Western honey bees.
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Scientific figures and graphs are uncelebrated and utilitarian, a means to an end, unnoticed by graphics gurus and information designers -- but some stand out. They're the scientific world's folk art.
The image above represents the combined motions of individual bees in 742 waggle dances; it was assembled by computer scientists who hope to design honeybee-inspired robots.
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