The Guardian1 jul 2026Macro
Automatisch samengesteld met AI uit de vermelde bronnen
A study by Prof James Gilbert at the University of Hull found that exposing solitary red mason bees to a simulated three-day UK heatwave halved sperm activity in males and reduced the size and number of developing eggs in females by 15%, compared with a control group. The findings, published in the Journal of Thermal Biology, carry implications for pollination of crops such as apples and oilseed rape, given that more than 90% of the UK’s 270 bee species are solitary.