Countries in South America are at risk of losing their indigenous bee populations due to the introduction of alien species to support government agricultural policy. Scientists warn urgent ...

A foreign subspecies of bumblebee, imported as part of a billion-dollar global trade in pollinators, was found by researchers at Queen Mary’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences to pose a ...

Heatwaves are impairing the ability of bumble bees to detect floral scents, posing a serious threat to their role as pollinators, according to a new study. The research shows that exposure to extreme ...

A queen of the species Bombus terrestris which is one of the bumblebees that usually fly earliest in spring. The season is now about 14 days earlier in simple agricultural landscapes than a century ...

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