Diversity in UK gardens aiding fight to save threatened bumblebees
Plymouth, UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2014 - Ecologists at Plymouth University, in a study published this week, have shown the most common species of bumblebee are not fussy about a plant's origin when searching for nectar and pollen among the nation's urban gardens. But other species - and, in particular, long-tongued bees - do concentrate their feeding upon plants from the UK and Europe, for which they have developed a preference e ... more
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