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Restoring Biodiversity Costs Billions, Insurer Warns
Picture shows the Allianz logo, undated. The research department of the globally operating insurer Allianz Trade warns in a new study that the financing gap to restore biodiversity until 2030 is estimated at USD 711 billion per year (EUR 630 billion, GBP 580 billion). (allianz.com, NewsX/Bee)

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Bees Memorise Habitat Landscape, Study Shows
Picture shows a harmonic radar transponder attached to the thorax of a forager honeybee, undated. Bees retain a memory of their home area's most significant landscape elements to navigate in uncharted territory, according to new research. (E Bullinger, U Greggers, R Menzel, NewsX/Bee)

Bees Memorise Habitat Landscape, Study Shows

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Pesticides Reduce Pollination As Bees Sense Electric Field Changes
Picture shows artist’s impression of bumblebee interacting with flower, undated. Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers treated with pesticides as they are capable of sensing electric field alterations around the plant, according to a study by scientists in England. (Benjamin and Joseph Tiso, NewsX/Bee)

Pesticides Reduce Pollination As Bees Sense Electric Field Changes

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Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (left) and entomologist Thomas Zuna-Kratky pose in an undated photo. The team of scientists headed by Dr Thomas Zuna-Kratky from Vienna University's Department of Evolutionary Biology found that 1,580 square kilometres of soil - which is four times the size of the federal capital - had been sealed within the last 30 years. (BML/Hemerka, NewsX/Bee)

Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources

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Plants Adjust Petal Chemistry To Signal Bees, Study Shows
There is a clear visible difference between striated and smooth petal surfaces when the petals are viewed under microscopes: Hibiscus trionum (left) has microscopic ridges on its petal surface that act as diffraction gratings to reflect light, while Hibiscus sabdariffa (right) has a smooth surface, undated photo. Cambridge University scientists have proven that plants are able to regulate the chemistry of their petal surface to create iridescent signals visible to bees. (Edwige Moyroud, NewsX/Bee)

Plants Adjust Petal Chemistry To Signal Bees, Study Shows

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Bee Venom Study Hints Breast Cancer Treatment Prospect
The venom of wild bees such as the violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea), with its main component melittin, is less aggressive than that of honey bees, a team from the LOEWE Center TBG discovered, undated photo. In the future, it could be used against breast cancer cells, among other things. (Björn M. von Reumont, NewsX/Bee)

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