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Certain species of plants are very particular about which pollinators get their nectar
Flowers can be discriminating when it comes to pollinators. In fact, certain plant species use toxic nectar to repel the wrong type of bee from its flowers.
September 8, 2017
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First bumblebee species listed under Endangered Species Act
The rusty patched bumblebee population had diminished by 87 percent over the past two decades. Learn more on Total Landscape Care!
January 14, 2017
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Plant virus helps guarantee its own survival by enticing bees
Recent studies conducted by the University of Cambridge have found that bumblebees prefer pollinating certain infected plants, thanks to a virus. Click to read more.
August 20, 2016
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Engineers work to perfect robot that can pollinate plants
The decline in bee populations has raised concerns in recent years, but a Polish scientist has a solution: a robotic pollinator called B-Droid. Click for more.
July 9, 2016
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Report shows pesticides may have larger effect on ecosystems
A scientific report out of Europe has found that neonicotinoids, a group of pesticides believed to contribute to the mass death of honeybees and widely used in the United States, could be more damaging to ecosystems that previously thought. Neonicotinoids have been banned in the EU since 2013, and the European Academies Science Advisory Council report […]
April 22, 2015
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