Science news articles about 'bee species'

  • Bee species outnumber mammals and birds combined

    ... History, compiled online species pages and distribution maps for more than 19,200 described bee species, showcasing the diversity of these essential pollinators. This new species inventory documents 2 ...
  • Bee Species Outnumber Mammals And Birds Combined

    ... at the American Museum of Natural History compiled online species pages and distribution maps for more than 19,200 described bee species, showcasing the diversity of these essential pollinators.
  • New bee checklist lets scientists link important information about all bee species

    ... bees throughout the United States. This has highlighted the need for more information about bee species and their interactions with the plants they pollinate. "At a time when biological diversity is ...
  • World checklist of bees is compiled

    WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led international team of scientists says it's identified nearly 19,500 bee species worldwide, which is about 2,000 more than previously estimated.
  • Bees go 'off-color' when they are sickly

    ... experimentally tractable insects. "Secondly, there is concern about both the decline in wild bumble-bee species and the effects of disease on the honeybee industry. It has been shown that learning ...
  • Saving our bees

    ... how land disturbance caused by humans affects bee species richness and density. Williams used an experimental ... . He and his colleagues established 38 bee colonies across central California, ranging ...
  • Building a better bee

    ... resistance to pests and disease," said UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey. The Carniolan ... colony fitness and resisting pests and diseases. The bee species now known as the Western honey ...
  • Funny smell may have split bee species

    Mating affected if female bees ignore new male perfume
  • Wild bees can be effective pollinators

    ... direct observation, the authors identified 166 bee species, 112 of which were active during the blueberry ... help growers know what kinds of bees are in the fields so that they can make informed decisions ...
  • Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

    ... tropical forests. In 1988, he set up bee traps in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve— ... evolutionary relationships with plants despite ups and downs in bee species within families," said Roubik. "Evolutionary ...
  • Can Bumble Bees Fill Pollination Void?

    ... study at Oregon State University has shown that native bumble bee species have high pollination and seed production levels in red clover. These findings offer promise for alternative crop ...
  • Honeybee dance breaks down cultural barrier

    ... . Now researchers from Australia, China and Germany have discovered that the two most geographically distant bee species – the European honeybee Apis mellifera and the Asian honeybee Apis cerana – ...

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