Bumblebees
Building up potential of bumblebees
Plant and Food Research would like to empower the development of a much larger bumblebee industry in New Zealand. It has developed the technology to successfully breed bumblebees, now it wants… Audio
Bumblebees learn how to pull strings to get what they want
Scientists in Britain have taught bumblebees to pull strings to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their colony.
Electric bumblebees
Bumblebees can sense electric fields generated by flowers, and are using these electrical signals as a navigational aid to distinguish between different flowers as they buzz around gathering pollen… Audio
Bumblebees and flowers
Professor of biology at the University of Sussex, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale, and A Buzz in the Meadow. Audio
Better bumblebee nests
New Zealand's leading the world in designing more appealing nests for queen bumblebees. Dr David Pattemore is a pollination scientist at Plant & Food Research. Audio