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Tag Archives: Plant reproduction

21Mar/17

Flower handouts in Chicago on first day of spring

March 21, 2017EnvironmentBee, Beekeeping, Behavior, Botany, Chicago, Company: AccuWeather, Flower, March equinox, Organisms, Plant reproduction, Plant sexuality, Plants, Pollination, Pollinator decline, Reproduction, Spring, Spring equinox, United States, Vernal Equinox Day, Weathersmbale

Chicago residents in downtown are treated to handouts of spring flowers on the first official day of spring to help create awareness about the importance of bee pollination.

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17Nov/15

Caffeine exposure leaves bees buzzing

November 17, 2015InnovationAnimal communication, Apis, Arthropods, Bee, Beekeeping, BERN, Branches of biology, Brighton, Caffeine, FALMER, Feeder, Forage, Francis Ratnieks, Honey, Honey bee, Insect ecology, Insects in culture, Margaret Couvillon, Nectar, Plant reproduction, Pollination, Pollinators, Roger Schürch, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Waggle dancesmbale

Plants are tricking honey bees into pollinating their flowers by producing caffeine, successfully tricking the flying insects into repeatedly returning, even if their nectar is of poor quality.
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27Apr/15

Oxford-based start-up to use drones to plant one billion trees a year

April 27, 2015EnvironmentBiocarbon Engineering, Climate forcing, Conservation, Deforestation, Drone, Environment, Environmental Issues, Forest management, Forestry, Land management, Nature, NEXT MEDIA, Oxford, Plant reproduction, Plants, Reforestation, Seeds, Sowing, start-up, Tree planting, United Kingdomsmbale

UK (Next Media) – Oxford-based start-up Biocarbon Engineering is planning to fight industrial deforestation by planting 1 billion trees a year using drones.
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