Tag: bees

UC Berkeley researchers discover that hummingbirds and bees consume alcohol in floral nectar, revealing how these pollinators metabolise ethanol daily

Bees are capable of tasting nectar but are quite incapable of detecting pesticides present in nectar, even at levels that could prove lethal, said a recent study from the University of Oxford.

An innovative “fence of bees” is all set to dot the forest borders in states where human-elephant conflict is on a rise. This comes...