Picture shows professor Elizabeth Capaldi from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, undated. She has engaged in interdisciplinary projects aimed at identifying honeybee colonies' stress indicators. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a Christmas tree, undated. Environmentalists in Germany have urged consumers to buy organically grown Christmas trees. (BUND Naturschutz, NewsX/Bee)
Consumers ‘Should Opt For Organic Xmas Trees As Pesticides Kill Bees’
The bee's optomotor response is tested by showing videos of horizontally moving vertical bars to her on two screens, creating the illusion of optic flow in undated photo. Researchers in the United Kingdom have used an insect version of the straight-line walking challenge to show for the first time that insecticides damage the nervous system of honeybees. (RH Parkinson, C Fecher, and JR Gray, NewsX/Bee)
Oxford Study Confirms Pesticides’ Harmful Impact On Bees
Picture shows the spokesman for the Federal Association of French Apiculture (UNAF), Henri Clement, undated. He manages 200 hives in the department of Lozere, southern France. (NewsX/Bee)