Sentences with phrase «as bee research»

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They and their educators / employers must perceive them as more than «worker bees» for carrying out the research agendas of veteran scholars.

Hendrik recovered several short gene fragments, which represented just one - ten - thousandth of 1 percent of the bee's total genetic information.With George as a co-author, it was Hendrik's first scientific paper, published in Medical Science Research in 1992.

«I used to think of neonicotinoids as being a [localized] problem next to a small set of crops,» says Amro Zayed, who studies bees at York University in Toronto and wasn't involved in the research.

Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex said: «Our research has important implications for global regulatory assessments which generally use honeybees as a model for all bees.

The research evaluated the gut fauna found in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens at every point in their development, from the larval stage through their emergence as adults capable of reproduction.

This orchid bee was one of 16 outfitted with a radio transmitter backpack as part of a study of the insects» flight habits by ecologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

Sarzetti believes that the bees usually nest elsewhere, possibly in cactuses or cushion plants, and may have been driven to dung as a last resort (Journal of Hymenoptera Research, doi.org/jjp).

The United Kingdom has about 250 species of bees, of which one is the honeybee, 25 are bumblebees and the remainder are so - called solitary bees, which, because they do not provide honey and are not as picturesque as the hairy bumblebees, are mostly under the research radar.

Proceeds from her creams and other products support bee preservation initiatives, as well as Lyme disease research.

Mark Greco and Peter Neumann, entomologists at the Swiss Bee Research Center in Bern, discovered that as soon as the beetles enter a hive, worker bees in the colony surround them and force them to immediately pull their legs under their carapaces, adopting what is known as the «turtle» protective posture.

On the upside, in June Congress passed the Farm Bill, which for the first time provides funds for pollinator protection — up to $ 20 million per year for the next five years to support research into honeybee and native bee biology as well as into CCD's causes and remedies.

Norfolk's butterflies, bees, bugs, birds, trees and mammals are at major risk from climate change as temperatures rise — according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Some of the first research on the disorder isolated signs of an unusual virus among the bee genes, but the virus was exonerated as the cause of the disorder after other scientists detected the virus in bees collected before the disorder appeared, noted Berenbaum.

The new multi-locus metabarcoding method involves all three markers and could serve as a valuable tool for research on the native bee species that comprise local bee communities.

His research foci include the social insects honey bees, bumble bees and stingless bees, the unique biology of which can be used as models to decipher the genetic fundaments of environmental interaction and evolutionary innovation.

Peter Bernhardt, Ph.D., a professor of biology at SLU and research associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust in Sydney, New South Wales, has been studying reproductive patterns in wildflowers in six countries for over 40 years and, like most dedicated scientists, thrives on new discoveries such as how bees respond to the color of the flowers they pollinate.

Although she doesn't recommend that beekeepers «rush out and dump p - coumaric acid into their high fructose corn syrup,» she hopes that her team's research can be used as the basis of future work aimed at improving bee health.

The concept of safe sites for pollen transfer on bees» bodies does not put the major role of bees as pollinators into question, but might focus future research to guidance of bees on flowers to take favorable positions for safe pollen transport by means of floral filtering of suitable pollinators [26], morphological match between pollinators and flowers [54] and floral guides [55] as well as potential strategies of flower visitors to bypass the flowers» restrictions (e.g. bees with specialised hairs for pollen collection from specialised bee - flowers)[26] or strategies of plants via shifting to non-pollen collecting pollinators (e.g. birds)[56 — 57,64 — 66].

Recent research in Europe and the USA has demonstrated that insecticides known as neonicotinoids have a substantial impact on honey bee health.

While the initial research has focused on a very specific asthma allergen, Professor Steptoe believes the process could be applied to many other severe allergic responses, such as peanuts, bee venom and shell fish.

There is also no discussion of the genetic variation between honeybee populations in sensitivity to neonicotinoids, as previous research has demonstrated high levels of variation in sensitivity between different bee populations.»

New research out of NC State underlines the importance of genetic diversity as key to the honey bees» survival.

If you are a nerd like me, you might enjoy a more technical and research heavy book on bees such as The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism or Honeybee Democrbees such as The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism or Honeybee DemocrBees: Biology of a Superorganism or Honeybee Democracy.

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Although research of bee products for dogs is still lacking, there is some evidence that these can be beneficial to dogs in some cases, such as stimulation of cortisol in arthritic dogs and helping with canine intervertebral disk disease (IVDD) with no side effects.

This talk will introduce a spectacular range of unfamiliar morphologies and behaviours as well as bee pollinators and explain how discoveries from research expeditions reveal their secrets.

Berenbaum's research has also been central to understanding the decline of bee populations in North America and around the world, known as Colony Collapse Disorder.

The initiative aims to raise a minimum of $ 1m a year which will go toward research into bees, beekeeping and threats to pollinators, as well as grants toward community and educational beekeeping initiatives.

A new electronic sensor technology developed by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization aims to provide scientists with an explanation as to why large populations of honey bees are suddenly dying in different parts of the world.

Free from parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, and synthetic fragrances — and never tested on animals — this luster - boosting duo is out to save the bees, as well, with a portion of their profits going to research and conservation efforts.

While they are important, other research has suggested using wild bees — those that are solitary cavity - or soil - nesting insects — as opposed to large colonies of honey bees, can result in successful pollination as well.

The nicotinyl laced droplets prove to either be deadly, as documented in the 2009 European research, or the bees ingest enough nicotinyl «to weaken their immune system, or disrupt their sense of direction and ability to navigate, or both.»

Just the other week I reported that new research was linking bee deaths to seed insecticide exposure, and specifically the class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids.

A study released last summer by Friends of the Earth - US and co-authored by the Pesticide Research Institute, found that seven of 13 samples of garden plants at some large national retailers in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay area contained neonicotinoids, including plants marketed as «bee - friendly.»