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The findings of a new study have important implications for native bee conservation, particularly in urban and agricultural ...
The spread of the pest varroa mite to European honeybees is not all bad news for Australian species such as the native ...
Stopping thousands of bees from starving during drought will be easier for commercial beekeepers, as Biosecurity Queensland ...
What's first on your bucket list - a selfie with quokkas on WA's Rotto or a swim with wild dolphins off SA's Kangaroo Island?
Silvery green and woolly in looks, this Australian native plant adds great texture to a cottage garden. Another evergreen, woolly bush will be velvety and soft against the more structured elements of ...
185,766 deaths occurred in 2024, 1.9% more than 2023 but 2.9% fewer than 2022. 14,560 deaths occurred in December 2024, 2.6% fewer than 2023 and 7.2% fewer than 2022.
Honey bees are not native to the U.S., but they play a big part in commercial agriculture. The flying insects pollinate more than 130 types of fruits, nuts and vegetables, making them responsible for ...
Within decades of seeing their first horse the native peoples of what we now called Queensland ... Politicians do not dare to ask obvious questions like, ‘But do blue-banded bees actually exist?’ or ...
People can help by planting native flowering plants. Our pollinators in in peril, a new study released this week suggests. This is especially true for bees, with over one-third of native bee ...
Bug Squad BlogBy Kathy Keatley GarveySwing that net! Catch that butterfly!The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis encouraged people of all ages to show their skills at netting a butterfly replica ...
The capitals grew by 427,800 people (2.4%) in 2023-24. Capital city growth comprised overseas migration (373,000), natural increase (89,500) and internal migration (-34,600). Melbourne had the largest ...
Les Shearman of Darlington reports, “My blue-banded bees hang-out on a wind-chime: air bee’n’bee?” Regarding reading rites (C8 recently), Alan Robertson of Campbell (ACT) asks if scanning ...