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1 month, 1 week ago

These groups are working to save bees and butterflies on the brink. Here’s how you can help the pollinators

CNN

CNN — You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. ”There are 30% fewer butterflies flying around in your yard, on the farm, in natural areas than there were 20 years ago,” says Scott Black, Xerces Society’s executive director. “Anybody can help no matter how large or small their landscape- whether you live in a tiny yard or …

Food Black Help Butterflies Bills Native Bees

2 months ago

Black hole discovery and peculiar pollinator

ABC

On News Time each week, I count down five fantastic news stories, with your help of course. On today's episode, we'll meet a peculiar pollinator, a cricket sensation and a rhyming rapper, before we head deep into the belly of a black hole. Anything nearby in outer space gets sucked in by the immense gravitational pull, which is why you …

Black Plants Black Holes Help Luke Banksia His Discovery

1 year, 2 months ago

Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future

Associated Press

Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. “We’re seeing the climate change is already having this really strong impact on pollinators,” said study co-author Tim Newbold, an ecologist at the University College of London. “There will be this double hit of climate change impacting coffee itself, the …

Climate Change Climate Study Insects Coffee Plants Habitat Loss Tropics

1 year, 3 months ago

As Australia's bees face varroa mite infestation, it's hoped hover flies can fill the role of crop pollinator

ABC

Quick read In short: As bees face threats like varroa mite, a fly is proving its pollination skills. Hover flies look a little like bees — they're about the same size but they don't sting, so they're arguably easier to work with. "We're building up our population to hit a target in December, which will be about 2 million flies …

Research Work Pollination Crop Bees Tasmanian Mite

2 years, 1 month ago

Citizen scientists urged to count bees and flies as 60 years of research released for pollinator week

ABC

When James Wheildon set out to solve a problem on his farm, he had no idea it would end with him being known as the 'fly guy,' or that his solution would become a potential back-up to bees under pressure. Key points: 60 years of honey bee research has been digitised and made available to the public The role of …

Research 60 Years Bee Bees Count Flies Citizen Scientists

2 years, 5 months ago

Global insect population decline may cause plants to battle with each other over pollinators, study warns

The Independent

Competition for pollinators amid the observed decline of insect populations across the world may reduce the ability of plant species to coexist, a new study has warned. Although many pollinators such as bees and butterflies visit multiple plant species, new research suggests the population decline of these insects could destabilise co-existence among plants. The study, published in the journal Nature, …

Plants Competition Species Decline Study Plant Plant Species

2 years, 11 months ago

Plants are flowering earlier: what does this mean for pollinating insects?

The Independent

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Climate Change Climate Plants Plant Mean Bee Insects

3 years, 4 months ago

The link between food, bees and mass extinction

Live Mint

Destruction of nature and the rampant use of pesticides are the main drivers behind a rapid worldwide loss of bees and other pollinator species, an international panel of experts reported Monday. "What happens to pollinators could have huge knock-on effects for humanity," said Lynn Dicks, a professor in Cambridge's Department of Zoology and lead author of a study in Nature …

World Latin America Decline Dicks Pollinator Decline Pollinator Species

3 years, 9 months ago

Why farms and fields need greater insect diversity

Live Mint

A first study of its kind conducted by a team of international scientists has found that fields and farms with more variety of insect pollinator species -- such as bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and beetles -- provide more stable pollination services to nearby crops year on year. The study, which was led by researchers from the University of Reading, reveals that …

Pollination Crop Study Insect Pollinator Stability

4 years, 10 months ago

The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Bees. Here’s What's Helping To Save Them.

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Across North America and Europe, bees are suffering dramatic species loss due to the climate crisis Thanks to our ever-warming planet, bumblebee populations ― which are already threatened by pesticides and habitat loss ― have declined 46% in North America and 17% in Europe compared with baseline numbers from 1901 to 1974, according to a new study …

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