Related Media Gallery for Bee Buzzes Could Help Determine How to Save their Decreasing Population
June 7th, 2017
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Long-Tongued Bumble Bee
Long-tongued bumble bee queens of Bombus balteatus visit flowers of the alpine skypilot Polemonium viscosum. These large bees have a distinctive flight buzz, the bee version of a cargo-plane flying from flower to flower. Photo courtesy of Zoe Moffett, Colorado College
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Long-Tongued Bumble Bee Queen
Bombus balteatus queen collecting nectar from the alpine clover, Trifolium parryi. The buzzes of bees flying from flower to flower tell scientists how much pollination the clover population is getting over time and predict seed production in these alpine wildflowers. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Geib, Appalachian State University Photo:
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Candace Galen
A research team led by Candace Galen has developed an inexpensive acoustic listening system using data from small microphones in the field to monitor bees in flight. Photo credit: Melody Kroll, Division of Biological Sciences Photo:
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