Widespread negative effects of pesticides on wild bees in US. Neonicotinoid and pyrethroid use is a major driver of changes in occupancy across hundreds of wild bee species.
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Nature
Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States
Nature Sustainability - Bees provide important pollination ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, but the extent to which they are affected by pesticide use on a continental scale has yet...
Queen bumblebee's tongues are less efficient at collecting nectar than those of worker bees due to sparser hair on their tongues 🐝🍯✨
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Science News
Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair
The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.
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