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Sweat bees on hot chillies: Native bees thrive in traditional farming, securing good yield.»
Not exact matches
«This diverse range of habitat provides excellent conditions for native
sweat bees,» explains Professor Robert Paxton from the Institute of Biology at MLU, where Paxton and PhD student Patricia Landaverde - González have studied 37 sites
on Yucatán.
There appears to be no direct, negative impact of moderate farming
on populations of native
sweat bees, the major pollinators of chilli.
Sean O'Donnell of the University of Washington, Seattle, who works
on brain development in social insects, including
sweat bees, says this is the first time that it has been shown that participation in a social group is associated with augmented brain development.