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Lifesaver for wild bees: the importance of quarries

Lifesaver for wild bees: the importance of quarries

Connectivity and maintenance measures support wild bees in limestone quarries A research team at the University of Göttingen, Germany’s Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in Rhede, and the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved…

Bee alert: Pesticides pose a real threat to over 70% of wild bees

Bee alert: Pesticides pose a real threat to over 70% of wild bees

Reforms needed to ensure the protection of all pollinator species, our food systems and biodiversity as a whole A new study reveals alarming risks that pesticides pose to ground-nesting bees, which are crucial for pollination and food production. As agriculture increasingly relies on pesticides to protect crops, the unintended consequences for these essential pollinators are…

From Colombia to Lesbos: Experiences with Bee Research and Island Life

I did not know many of these things about Lesbos when I first visited it as one of the faculty mentors of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates … >>> Gonzalez Betancourt, V. H. American Entomologist, 69 (2), 38–39 (2023) Recent related articles in this category All articles in this category >>>