Wild bumblebee queens lured and killed in commercial hives, study reveals [W[R]C]
- Author
- Flor Elizabeth Carrasco
- Published
- Mon 06 Feb 2023
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-bumblebee-queens-lured-and-killed-in-commercial-hives-study-reveals-w-r-c--52653789
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-wild-bumblebee-queens-lured-commercial.html
In the course of experiments to test how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box.
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