Pollinator security

Plants have a new date with flowering

Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early

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Stinging: Insect taxonomy expertise in Europe may be at risk

Study finds 41.4% of insect orders not covered by sufficient number of scientists

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Bees detect airborne toxins

Definitive

Study links GM crops with ecological imbalance

Bee sure to yield fruit

It is established that bee-keeping increases fruit productivity, but can the practice become successful in urban India?

Bees lose way

How common pesticides affect bee populations

Diesel confuses bees

Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees

Single track

CSE says honey brands sharing their own versions of lab tests is no surprise

The non-profit was responding to brands such as Dabur and Apis India responding to its expose of honey aduleteration with reports of their own

Threat to wild bees from commercial apiculture, says study

Diseases transmitted from commercially-reared bees could wipe out wild bee populations, it says…

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

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Buzz of distress

Thousands of bees are dying in France due to Bayer pesticide

Nicotine-based pesticides kill bees

Repelling bee hiss

Busybee's decline

To bee or not to bee

The bumble-bee falls victim to the hi-tech floriculture techniques of gardeners in the UK

Introduction is forever

Introduced bee species may create problem for native species in India

Bees to detect landmines

Likes and unlikes

Appearances are deceptive, as the case of honey bees demonstrates. Though physiologically alike, queens and workers among bees can be …

Bee confused

Far from being avid shift workers, young honeybees are quite hopeless when it comes to timekeeping

Changing climes

Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …