Phillips is an eco-conscious company that will spare no efforts in turning bees into common pets. Its innovative eco-friendly project entitled the Microbial Home continues to surprise us, as it plans to make us more familiar with the amazing Urban Beehive concept. The futuristic gadget allows us to watch the hard-w... |
29 November 2011
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A new study carried out by the University of Toronto, shows there is a decrease in bee pollination in Canada, mainly due to climate change.Even though in Canada, there are over 1000 native species of bees, the most important pollinator – the honeybee, is not one of them.Honeybees were brought from Eurasia, wher... |
6 September 2010
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British scientists from the Royal Holloway, University of London, have recently revealed in a new scientific paper that the famous acacia plants actually have a symbiotic relationship with their ants. For all intents and purposes, these plants always appear to be overrun with the six-legged insects, which feed on the... |
28 December 2009
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Over the last couple of years, British beekeepers have been drawing international attention to the fact that their bees seem to be affected by a mysterious disease. Stocks have dwindled recently, which drove the price of honey up, and have made bees a rather profitable investment. Apparently, thieves caught on to tha... |
2 June 2009
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Though the decline in bee populations has been well-documented worldwide, a recent study in the prestigious journal Current Biology says that the food supply is not yet in any immediate danger. Modern agricultural practices have constantly increased yields since the 1960s, when the food production finally surpassed d... |
11 November 2008
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The United Kingdom is facing a slightly unusual problem – it would appear that the country's bee populations are dwindling, as a new petition from apiarists shows. The beekeepers say that about one third of their insects died last year, which could pose a significant threat to honey production, as well as ... |
6 November 2008
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The mystery behind the massive decline in the wild bee populations in North America can be explained through the spread of diseases from commercially bred species, which appear to escape from greenhouses that are used to grow crops, such as tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers, said researchers yesterday. Commerciall... |
23 July 2008
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Cycad palms are some of the oldest trees on Earth. Even if they resemble a palm tree, they are much more primitive, being gymnosperm related to the coniferous trees. They appeared 280 millions year ago, when reptiles were just evolving from amphibians, and dominated the Earth for a long time during the dinosaur era t... |
5 October 2007
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You may not know, but if you are addicted to vanilla flavor, you're addicted to ... orchids. Because the vanilla stick is nothing else than the fermented and blackened pod of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia, that occurs naturally in ... Mexico.There are about 35,000 species of orchids in the world: about one eight... |
26 March 2007
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