Bumblebees need a caffeine fix!
by The blog at woodlands.co.uk, 2 July, 2021, 0 comments
The appearance of bumblebees is one of the hallmarks of Spring, and their buzzing can be heard in gardens throughout the summer months. They are important pollinators in our gardens, but also for some crop species that use buzz pollination (like tomatoes).
Like other bees, indeed insects in general, bumblebees face a number of threats - one of which is a fungal parasite (Nosema bombi). This fungus reduces the lifespan of worker bees in the bumblebee colonies and also the production of new queens; it has been associated with the decline in population numbers of North American bumblebees. Read more...
