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2017-02-09 02:40:40 UTC
From the «we need more bees, fewer humans» department:
Title: Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land
Author: charon
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:52:00 -0500
Link: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/02/08/1938255&from=rss
Phoenix666[1] writes:
A new study into honey bees has revealed the significant effect human impact
has on a bee's metabolism[2], and ultimately its survival.
Researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with
Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Curtin University and CSIRO have completed a
world-first study on insect metabolism in free flying insects, focusing on
the honey bee. The study funded by an Australian Research Council linkage
award has revealed the significant effect human impact on the environment had
on bees, which are crucial for the planet, pollinating one-third of
everything we eat.
Landscapes that have been degraded mean a reduction in the availability of
resources which affects the metabolic rate of the honey bee and puts more
strain on its body's ability to function.
Emeritus Professor Don Bradshaw from UWA's School of Biological Sciences said
the researchers wanted to find out how honey bees' metabolism was impacted by
human made changes to the environment such as clearing of land.
To do this they used a unique method to measure the energy expenditure of
bees, originally developed by Professor Bradshaw and used in his research on
honey possums. Through this method they were able to measure the metabolic
rate of bees when they are in their natural environment, and compare pristine
environments rich in resources to degraded environments.
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Title: Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land
Author: charon
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:52:00 -0500
Link: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/02/08/1938255&from=rss
Phoenix666[1] writes:
A new study into honey bees has revealed the significant effect human impact
has on a bee's metabolism[2], and ultimately its survival.
Researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with
Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Curtin University and CSIRO have completed a
world-first study on insect metabolism in free flying insects, focusing on
the honey bee. The study funded by an Australian Research Council linkage
award has revealed the significant effect human impact on the environment had
on bees, which are crucial for the planet, pollinating one-third of
everything we eat.
Landscapes that have been degraded mean a reduction in the availability of
resources which affects the metabolic rate of the honey bee and puts more
strain on its body's ability to function.
Emeritus Professor Don Bradshaw from UWA's School of Biological Sciences said
the researchers wanted to find out how honey bees' metabolism was impacted by
human made changes to the environment such as clearing of land.
To do this they used a unique method to measure the energy expenditure of
bees, originally developed by Professor Bradshaw and used in his research on
honey possums. Through this method they were able to measure the metabolic
rate of bees when they are in their natural environment, and compare pristine
environments rich in resources to degraded environments.
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Original Submission[3]
Read more of this story[4] at SoylentNews.
Links:
[1]: http://soylentnews.org/~Phoenix666/ (link)
[2]: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-bees-food-humans-degrade.html (link)
[3]: http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=18480 (link)
[4]: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/02/08/1938255&from=rss (link)
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