Tag: urban

By Jonathan Trinastic @jptrinastic Few people would consider cities the ideal home for bees, but what if these dense population centers could provide the means for healthy cohabitation?  Scientists from Europe recently examined how bumblebees visit and pollinate flowers across urban and agricultural regions and found that urban areas can have a surprisingly beneficial effect on pollination rates.  The reasons behind these results not only provide insight into how cities could be designed to better care for bees but also signal yet another danger of farming monocultures.  Urban sanctuary…

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