Sentences with phrase «bumblebees buzz»

Bumblebees buzz from plant to plant collecting food, and plans are afoot to give them another task while they do it — carrying pesticides to where they are needed.

The researchers conducted experiments in which they played a bumblebee buzz to the incubating birds.

«Some crops can only be pollinated by bumblebees, for instance, because they rely on the specific way a bumblebee buzzes, or vibrates when it reaches a flower, is what shakes out the pollen, and other bees just can't do that,» Frank said.

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Hence, the bumblebee is a nod to the lack of «buzz» he's been receiving this year, and this is his way of saying that he will bring that buzz back in the playoffs.

You'll be «Buzzing» after you experience the great health benefits and a better night's sleep with Crane's Bumblebee Humidifier.

There's lots of buzz about the disappearance of honeybees, but the bumblebee is faring even worse — and some say it is the more crucial pollinator

The ecologists used a species of nightshade plant (Solanum rostratum), which was buzz - pollinated with captive bumblebees of varying sizes.

Located at 9,500 feet, the facility's subalpine meadows are too high for honeybees, but they are buzzing during the summer months with bumblebees.

The results reveal that learning is key to buzz pollination, and that the more bumblebees practice, the more pollen they collect over time.

Bumblebees» ability to produce the buzzing — or vibration — that enables them to pollinate key commercial food crops may be harmed by the controversial pesticides neonicotinoids, according to new research.

«Bees tell birds to buzz off: How bumblebees steal birds» nests.»

Their warning buzz helps bumblebees to «scare» the bird away from the nest.

The authors conclude: «The bumblebees» buzz appears to help them oust birds from their freshly built nests.

They studied captive colonies of bumblebees visiting buzz - pollinated flowers, monitoring their behaviour and collecting bee buzzes using microphones.

«Bumblebee genomes create a buzz in the field of pollination.»

Spring brings with it the sweet fragrance of fresh flowers and the buzzing of bumblebees.

Rev - hungry, precise and manic in the VTEC zone, the internals of the naturally aspirated 1998cc unit are bumblebee busy and are kept buzzing by a sweet, rifle - bolt gearshift that's unmatched in this field.

Floor the accelerator, and you'll hear the engine buzz like a brown paper bag full of angry bumblebees.

When revved up, the Sentra's four - cylinder engine buzzes like a swarm of angry bumblebees.

I felt like I was sitting on a tree branch beside a nest of angry, buzzing bumblebees.

Bumblebees have long tongues, lots of hair, and buzz at a high frequency, all of which makes them good at pollinating certain plants such as tomatoes and berries, among others.

So as the days get longer and while the bumblebee queens are hibernating alone (only she overwinters), imagine the buzz, the drone of summer.