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🐝 Bumble bees pollinated linden flowers 24 million years ago, fossil evidence shows
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Bumble bees pollinated linden flowers 24 million years ago, fossil evidence shows
An international research team led by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna has made an extraordinary discovery: fossilized lime blossoms and fossilized bumble bees were found in 24-million-year-old sediments at the Enspel Fossil-Lagerstätte (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)—along with evidence of their interaction in the form of preserved pollen grains. These findings show that bumble bees were already among the most important pollinators of linden (or…

"France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban"
#France #Pesticides #Bees

Electrophysiological recordings reveal photoreceptor coupling in the dorsal rim areas of honeybee and bumblebee eyes: #bees use the sun's position in the sky for navigation, even on cloudy days.

"Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years"
#Europe #Bees #Insects

"Britain’s red-tailed bumblebees may have an unlikely saviour in solar farms"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees

"Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees

Bin derzeit bienenfleißig damit im Advent täglich auch immer etwas neuer Buntfug für Euch im #klexadventskalender ist. Doch auch das "Normalsortiment" bereite ich vor.
Die handgemalten #wandklexschmuck Bienchen -hier in Ohrstecker gefasst- sind (immer) auf #miniaturepainting #bees #watercolor #mastoArt #fediArt #creativeToots

"#Kluczbork Flowing with #Honey" — a #mural in Kluczbork, Poland.
#hiking #bees

"Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Bees #Insects

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU
The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters.