Prof Dr Franz Essl speaks in undated footage. An area almost four times as big as Vienna has been sealed in Austria during the past three decades, according to scientific research. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows an Illustrative image of a bee and a barbed stinger it leaves imbedded into the skin after a bite, undated. (NewsX/Bee)
Stings Must Not Be Taken Lightly, Beekeeper Warns
Picture shows Mathias Gtti Limacher who heads Bienen Schweiz, the association of beekeepers in the parts of the Central European country where German and Raeto-Romanic are the dominating languages. Mathias said that especially solitary bees were at risk due to their status of depending on certain flowers. (bienen.ch, NewsX/Bee)
Sudden Temperature Hikes Put Bees At Risk, Swiss Expert 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)
Restoring Biodiversity Costs Billions, Insurer Warns
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 Cedric Alaux from the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), undated. He praised the endeavour for posing "new research perspectives". (NewsX/Bee)