Sentences with phrase «good pollinators»

Though the disc shape makes the leaf less efficient at photosynthesis, Simon says that the benefits of attracting bats outweigh this energetic cost: bats are good pollinators, and their large home range means they can take pollen to plants far apart from each other, and so help their reproduction, he says.

Farmers eager to increase their crop yields turned to commercial beekeepers, who offered up massive wooden hives stocked with queen bees genetically selected to produce colonies of good pollinators.

Not exact matches

The Good Food Awards has deep respect for the work of all beekeepers who are practicing responsible husbandry and caring for the health of pollinators.

My oldest daughter has, from the time she could talk, decided she wants to be an entomologist, to find better ways to save endangered pollinator species.

Coaxing more bees, beetles and other pollinators to buzz around small fields could on average boost crop yields enough to close the gap between the worst and the best of these farms by almost a quarter, says agroecologist Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi of...

«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

But the pesticides have been controversial, because a number of studies have found that they can hurt pollinators as well as pests.

«The more native pollinators we have,» says Rominger, «the better off we'll be.»

This allows a trade - off in which plants are well defended by bodyguard ants, without these scaring away pollinators.»

Agencies should better coordinate existing federal research efforts into pollinators, but some research will require new funding from Congress, the task force says; the scientific findings that emerge would feed into policy actions taken under the broader pollinator health initiative.

Biologists knew that wild pollinators matter to wild plants as well as to certain crops such as blueberries, but not to commercial agriculture as a whole.

Native pollinators enhanced yields regardless of whether farmers provided honeybees as well, Garibaldi says.

However, the modeling study showed that the mutually beneficial relationship between the flowering tomato plant and its bee pollinators — as well as the overall system — can persist through higher rates of herbivory than researchers had previously believed.

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.

«Bees rely on learning to locate flowers, track their profitability and work out how best to efficiently extract nectar and pollen,» said environmental sciences professor Nigel Raine, the Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation at U of G and senior author of the paper.

«Based on our results it looks increasingly like sites which were predominantly heathland but are now a combination of heathland, grassland and woodland probably provide a better landscape for pollinators than a landscape with just one habitat type,» she explains.

It is well known that bumblebees and other pollinators can tell the difference between plants that will provide them with nectar and pollen and those that won't.

«Basically, for almost every pollinator group that we have good data for, we've seen declines in those pollinators,» Brosi says.

Plants are known to communicate with each other via shade, aromatic chemicals, and physical touch, promoting processes such as growth and defense against disease, as well as attraction of bees and other pollinators.

Extreme weather events like Harvey are expected to become more likely as Earth's climate changes due to greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists don't understand how extreme weather will impact invasive pests, pollinators and other species that affect human well - being.

The disadvantages of such specialization are that the reproductive success of the highly specialized plant wanes when its pollinator is absent, and the survival rate of the pollinator decreases in the absence of the plant as well.

In the course of evolution, mutual adaptations have resulted in the emergence of many species as well as in highly specialized flower - pollinator interactions.

Specialized pollinators, on the other hand, have an advantage over competing generalist pollinators, which are also foraging for nectar, because their proboscis is better adapted.

Kohn: Well, what I mean is that our common understanding today, the flower is involved in reproduction and involves pollen traveling from one plant to another often brought by a pollinator like you know, an insect, a butterfly or a bee and that is an organ.

Giving climate - challenged creatures a better toehold «could be as simple as people planting native plants in their garden because native plants attract native pollinators,» he explains.

The proteins found in the new study could be used to dial the amount of scent up or down so that plants can attract more pollinators or better protect themselves.

«The consequences of this phenomenon for both native plants that did not evolve with the honey bee and for populations of native insect pollinators is well worth studying,» said Joshua Kohn, the study's senior author.

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].

How these pollinator shifts occur is still not well understood.

«This is an important paper that highlights the cocktail of pesticides (insecticides and fungicides etc) used in agriculture, as well as providing further context regarding the levels consumed by two key pollinator species — honey bees and bumble bees.

Wild pollinators fertilize some farm crops — as well as wild plants.

«Two - thirds of the most valuable commodities on earth rely on bees and other pollinators to produce well,» Ricketts said.

With 23.5 acres of permanent pollinator habitat and 116 acres of flowering cover crops spread strategically across their 10 ranches, they knew that Bee Better Certified would be a good fit for them.

Cat thyme is also good for any garden as it attracts pollinators, such as bees and butterflies.

It helped me discover which plants possess the best leaves or fruits for herbivores, which are used for shelter, and which are very attractive to pollinators — who will be more attractive to my insectivores than poisonous ants, for sure.

Paying attention to the well - being of pollinators goes beyond caring about other species.

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.

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy «Bat Tower» being built to draw the pest - fighting pollinators to the area.

«The evidence is overwhelming that hundreds of the native bees we depend on for ecosystem stability, as well as pollination services worth billions of dollars, are spiraling toward extinction,» says Kelsey Kopec, a native pollinator researcher at the Center and author of the study.

While few of us are likely to start bumblebee breeding programs to boost genetic diversity, we might do well to plant pollinator - friendly gardens, support sustainable agricultural practices, and encourage the world to move from conservation into habitat restoration and earth repair as we enter 2011.

And while progress is clearly being made on identifying the cause, or most likely causes, of the problem — we'd do well to keep supporting pollinators, pollinator research, conservation and environmental regeneration any way we can.

It would also mean less support to agriculture, as intact natural ecosystems have important effects on hydrology and on the viability of natural (and possibly semi-domesticated) pollinators, as well as tending to stabilize populations of pest species.

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.

The bright orange pollinator also recently made the World Wildlife Fund's list of the ten most critically endangered animals, along with other more well - known threatened species like the tiger.

To support these habitat - focused efforts, USDA and the Department of Interior are today issuing a set of Pollinator - Friendly Best Management Practices for Federal Lands, providing practical guidance for planners and managers with land stewardship responsibilities.

Buckwheat: Growing buckwheat around pepper plants can attract pollinators and other beneficial insects, as well as serve as a green mulch (cut and chop the buckwheat and lay on the ground in garden beds).

This means that the continent - wide data is collected using compatible methodologies and can thus be aggregated together and compared to try to get a better idea of what ails our pollinator friends.

6: Elderberry: Elderberries (Sambucus) are most often seen as shrubs, although varieties that grow more like a small tree are available, and their flowers and berries are good for pollinators and other wildlife, while the fruit is also prized for making jam, wine, pies, and other delicacies.

One of the best ways we can help support thriving hives and protect pollinators is to provide plentiful foraging by way of gardens that offer nectar, pollen and habitat.

Preferred habitat: coastal woods, edges of streams, river bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous with red and yellow fall colors + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 6 to 10 feet + + + + Wildlife value: flowers attract many pollinators and birds eat the fruit; Henry's Elfin Butterfly larvae and Spring Azurre Butterfly larvae use leaves as food source