Yet until now, it was unclear whether the other 20,000 species of bee use the same genetic switch. To uncover this mystery, Matthew Webster's research group at Uppsala University sequenced the entire ...

Study reveals extreme heat causes sharp drop with knock-on effect for pollination of food crops in following years ...

A new bee study suggests heat waves may be doing more damage to pollinating insects than scientists had realized — not by killing them outright, but by quietly undermining their ability to reproduce.

There is not yet much research on the effects of heat waves on bees. What little there is focuses on super extremes of weather that would kill an adult bee. However, my new research with colleagues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy garden. Mason bees, for ...

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Where do mason bees live? Learn about the mason bee life cycle, mason bee predators, and what you can do to help this gentle and productive pollinator. Mason bees are one of Mother Nature’s most ...