Author: James Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Hull

A red mason bee seeking pollen. Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH/Shutterstock There is not yet much research on the effects of heatwaves on bees. What little there is focuses on super extremes of weather that would kill an adult bee. However, my new research with colleagues shows that UK populations of solitary bees may be much more […]

Left: Bee-mimicking hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) on a purple flower. Right: bumblebee, also on purple flower. L: Peter O'Connor/Wikipedia. R: Pixabay (CC0), CC BY-NC-SA Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example is mimicry, where one species (the mimic) has evolved to resemble another (the […]