Science news articles about 'pollinators'Ecologists tease out private lives of plants and their pollinators
... to be faithful. But this close relationship has many potential pitfalls, because if the pollinators are lost, the flowers may not be able to reproduce, and this may be what we are seeing in the hay ... Pollination habits of endangered Texas rice revealed to help preservation
... reaching the plants, and swimmers, tubers and canoers often submerge the plants' flowers so they can't pollinate. This foot traffic isn't expected to go away soon, and the flow of underground water ... Commercial bees spreading disease to wild pollinating bees
... are infecting their wild cousins, and that this is likely contributing to reductions in the natural pollinating bee population.
Otterstatter and Thomson investigated the occurrence of disease in ... Economic value of insect pollination worldwide estimated at 153 billion euros
... this study on the economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline are published in the journal "ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS".
Among biodiversity concerns, ... Observatory: Shortage of Pollinators Is Not Affecting Crops, at Least for Now
On a global scale pollinator shortages are not affecting crop yields, a new study suggests, but there could be problems in the future.Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet
... economies."
The researchers were surprised to discover that there has been a global increase in the growing of pollinator-dependent crops, particularly in the developing world.
"The fact that, ... Pollinator Decline Not Reducing Crop Yields Just Yet
The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to an article in Current Biology.Across The Americas, Squash And Gourd Bees Are Superb Pollinators
Acorn squash and other winter squashes at your local supermarket likely got their start months ago, when their colorful blossoms were pollinated by hardworking bees.Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure
... at ways of preventing the spread of infection” said Professor Genersch.
Honeybees are important pollinators of crops, fruit and wild flowers. Therefore, they are indispensable for a sustainable and ... Global warming will negatively impact tropical species
... the insects hurts the ecosystem. Insects carry out essential functions for humans and ecosystems — such as pollinating our crops and breaking down organic matter back into its nutrients so other ... Flowers 'wave' at passing insects
Flowers "wave" at passing insects to get their attention and increase chances of pollination, scientists find.'Barcoding' the latest buzz in bee tracking
... of international scientists launched a campaign in Toronto this week to identify the world's bees, an effort they hope will help track and better understand these important pollinators of food crops.Native Plants Can Also Benefit From The Invasive Ones
... as the prickly pear, invade Mediterranean ecosystems, and can either rob the native plants of pollinating insects, or, surprisingly, can attract them, thus benefiting the whole plant community, such ... A superorganism in trouble
Honeybees pollinate our crops and produce the honey we enjoy. We all know that. What we are perhaps not aware of, however, is just how or why they do this and why we are so dependent on what they do.Finding out what the Big Bang and ink jets have in common
... common features that do pertain across different fields of singularity, and prepared the ground for further research programmes with greater cross-pollination of ideas than has occurred previously.
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Ecologists tease out private lives of plants and their pollinators
... to be faithful. But this close relationship has many potential pitfalls, because if the pollinators are lost, the flowers may not be able to reproduce, and this may be what we are seeing in the hay ...Pollination habits of endangered Texas rice revealed to help preservation
... reaching the plants, and swimmers, tubers and canoers often submerge the plants' flowers so they can't pollinate. This foot traffic isn't expected to go away soon, and the flow of underground water ...Commercial bees spreading disease to wild pollinating bees
... are infecting their wild cousins, and that this is likely contributing to reductions in the natural pollinating bee population. Otterstatter and Thomson investigated the occurrence of disease in ...Economic value of insect pollination worldwide estimated at 153 billion euros
... this study on the economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline are published in the journal "ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS". Among biodiversity concerns, ...Observatory: Shortage of Pollinators Is Not Affecting Crops, at Least for Now
On a global scale pollinator shortages are not affecting crop yields, a new study suggests, but there could be problems in the future.Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet
... economies." The researchers were surprised to discover that there has been a global increase in the growing of pollinator-dependent crops, particularly in the developing world. "The fact that, ...Pollinator Decline Not Reducing Crop Yields Just Yet
The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to an article in Current Biology.Across The Americas, Squash And Gourd Bees Are Superb Pollinators
Acorn squash and other winter squashes at your local supermarket likely got their start months ago, when their colorful blossoms were pollinated by hardworking bees.Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure
... at ways of preventing the spread of infection” said Professor Genersch. Honeybees are important pollinators of crops, fruit and wild flowers. Therefore, they are indispensable for a sustainable and ...Global warming will negatively impact tropical species
... the insects hurts the ecosystem. Insects carry out essential functions for humans and ecosystems — such as pollinating our crops and breaking down organic matter back into its nutrients so other ...Flowers 'wave' at passing insects
Flowers "wave" at passing insects to get their attention and increase chances of pollination, scientists find.'Barcoding' the latest buzz in bee tracking
... of international scientists launched a campaign in Toronto this week to identify the world's bees, an effort they hope will help track and better understand these important pollinators of food crops.Native Plants Can Also Benefit From The Invasive Ones
... as the prickly pear, invade Mediterranean ecosystems, and can either rob the native plants of pollinating insects, or, surprisingly, can attract them, thus benefiting the whole plant community, such ...A superorganism in trouble
Honeybees pollinate our crops and produce the honey we enjoy. We all know that. What we are perhaps not aware of, however, is just how or why they do this and why we are so dependent on what they do.Finding out what the Big Bang and ink jets have in common
... common features that do pertain across different fields of singularity, and prepared the ground for further research programmes with greater cross-pollination of ideas than has occurred previously.