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UrduIt has long been known that agricultural pesticides are one of the greatest threats to bees and other essential pollinators.
Tag: animal pollination
Changing temperatures increase pesticide risk to bees
Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees’ behaviour, suggesting uncertain impacts under climate change, according to a new study.
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Monkeyflowers glow in a rich assortment of colors, from yellow to pink to deep red-orange.
Fertilizers change how bumblebees ‘see’ flowers
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that chemicals used in agriculture, like fertilizers and pesticides, can change the way bees ‘see’ a flower, and that this reduces the number of bees visiting a flower.