Sentences with phrase «european bumblebees»
However, it is surprisingly common in the European bumblebees living in Patagonia, the researchers found — almost half of the white - tailed bees in the region were infected, as well as the native giant bumblebees.
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At the end of the project's 5 year research programme STEP is publishing the «Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees.»
They illustrate these consequences based on the recent spread of invasive European bumblebees, especially the buff - tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris from Chile to southern Argentina.
«Parasites fail to halt European bumblebee invasion of the UK.»
The introduction of a European bumblebee to South America — and the parasite that the bee carries — may have decimated populations of that continent's indigenous «giant bumblebee,» scientists reported last week in Biological Invasions.
In the new study, scientists identified the parasite, Apicystis bombi, in three species of bumblebee — the native bumblebee; B. terrestris; and another European bumblebee, B. ruderatus — in Patagonia.
«Protecting bumblebee species and habitats, restoring degraded ecosystems and promoting biodiversity - friendly agricultural practices will be essential to reverse the negative trends in European bumblebee populations,» said Ana Nieto, European Biodiversity Officer of IUCN and coordinator of the study.
IUCN also lists climate change, the use of insecticides (like neonicotinoids) and habitat loss due to urbanisation as critical factors in the European bumblebee decline.
Not exact matches
Two research articles published in the journal Genome Biology present the first genome sequences and analyses of two key bumblebee species: the European buff - tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, and the North American common eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens.