Illustrative image of Varroa destructor (Varroa mite) an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees, undated. (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab/ NewsX/BF)
Illustrative image of a moth, undated. Researchers at the University of Sussex in Falmer, East Sussex, examined the activity of moths at 10 sites in south-eastern England in July 2021 to compare their efforts with daytime pollinators. (NewsX/Bee)
Bramble Appeal As Study Identifies Moths As Efficient Pollinators
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)
Bees ‘Stressed’ By Pesticides And Climate Change, US Scientist Warns
Picture shows Dr Samuel Myers, a principal research scientist at Havard's department of environmental health and the senior author of the study, undated. Insufficient pollination has been linked to more than 400,000 annual excess deaths by scientists at a renowned university in the United States. (NewsX/Bee)
Pressurising Pollinators Blamed For Human Excess Death Hike
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
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)