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- 1. Helping species on the move
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Meet the software for working out where species will thrive in future, as global warming pushes them north seeking cooler places and key habitat is lost.
- 2. Do neonicotinoids have a sting in their tail?
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Today, the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has published the results from its large-scale neonicotinoid field study.
- 3. How could governments around the world protect bees?
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NERC-funded researchers have gathered crucial evidence on how governments and people can best protect pollinators vital to the production of food worldwide.
- 4. Citizen science: The people behind the data
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From the UK Ladybird Survey to the Big Bumblebee Discovery, volunteer field workers are helping to answer some of science's big questions.
- 5. Podcast: Common parasite hampers bees' homing ability
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This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Stephan Wolf of Queen Mary, University of London, and Jason Lim of Rothamsted Research explain why some honeybees may be struggling to make it back to the hive after foraging trips.
- 6. Honeybee homing hampered by parasite
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Honeybees infected with a common parasite have a much lower chance of making it back from foraging trips, say scientists.
- 7. Parasitic mite spreads lethal virus to honeybees
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A parasitic mite has helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a virus to countless honeybees, helping to wipe out hundreds of colonies, according to the latest study.
- 8. Spider venom offers pesticide hope for bees
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A new pesticide, created using spider venom and natural chemicals from snowdrop plants, appears to be harmless to honeybees, a new study has concluded.
- 9. Diseases spread to wild bees
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Diseases that have affected managed honeybee colonies for a number of years have now spread to wild bees, according to new research.
- 10. Studies highlight differences between banned pesticides
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Two separate studies have added new weight to the idea that some varieties of controversial neonicotinoid pesticides are less harmful to bees than others.
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