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“Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee”
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Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee | The Optimist Daily
Each summer in Belgium, 1,000 virgin queen bees take flight to help restore Europe’s native dark bee and protect sustainable beekeeping.

🐛 Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
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Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects that live in plants. These tiny creatures are actually very common, as shown by a team of researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Hungarian HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research.

"Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first"
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#NationalAcademics Status of #Insects in #NorthAmerica Information Gathering Session Virtual Event Wednesday, January 7, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET. Register:

🪰 New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae
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New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a patented breakthrough system that marks a major step forward in insect biomanufacturing, waste reduction and sustainable protein production.

"Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild"
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Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild
Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in Wales after landowners let their hedgerows grow wild to help the Brown Hairstreak survive.

🐞 New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
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New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on their doorstep. However, that is exactly what happened when a research team from Kyushu University discovered a new species of ladybird beetle, Parastethorus pinicola, on a pine tree at Kyushu University's Hakozaki Satellite.

"Insect-Friendly Agriculture Helps UK Watercress Farm Thrive"
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Insect-Friendly Agriculture Helps UK Watercress Farm Thrive | Happy Eco News
Insect-friendly agriculture methods have sustained The Watercress Company's UK farms for 25 pesticide-free years, supporting 1.7 billion insects across 16 hectares. The approach protects rare chalk streams while producing 0.5 million weekly bags of residue-free watercress. The company supplies 80 percent of UK retail watercress, proving chemical-free farming works commercially.

"How Rare Butterfly Conservation Success in the UK Shows Recovery is Achievable"
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"Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest"
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Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest | The Optimist Daily

"Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth"
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Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth
A strikingly handsome emerald-green moth, lost to science for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, has been rediscovered in South Africa by citizen scientists who posted photographs of it online. The moth, Drepanogynis insciata, whose body and wing margins look as though they’ve been stained with red wine, was thought to be extinct. The species hadn’t been recorded […]