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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 3: Taking The Sting Out Of Bees - Fun Facts About Stingless Bees
Our third instalment of delving into cognition and other cool facts about highly social insects. The grand finale of our trilogy is the stingless bee group. This is the least studied group out of other highly social bees (bumblebees and honeybees). However this does not make them any less interesting as these bees are full […]
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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 2: Fumbling Our Way Through Some Bumblebee Facts
This is our second instalment that delves into cognition and other cool areas concerning social insects. Find the first part of our series here. Just like honeybees, bumblebees also show impressive learning abilities and are very talented little insects. In this second feature of our series, we showcase the bumble bee and its extraordinary capabilities […]
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Pollinator Policy: Casting Our Net Across The World And Australia
Pollinators are Earth’s little champions. Bees, birds, butterflies and other pollinators are key to the reproductive success of 75% of flowering plants around the world. They are integral to ecosystems, soil and water health. They ensure global crop productivity and nutritional security. And yet, we know pollinators are in trouble and their numbers are declining […]
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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 1: Un-Bee-Lievable Facts About The Honeybee (Apis Mellifera)
Join us for a new trilogy delving into cognition and other cool facts about highly social insects. It’s no surprise that here at PlantingSeeds we are simply buzzing about bees and all that they do for us. The team is constantly surprised and excited about their impact on biodiversity and food security. We have always […]
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Plastics In A Pandemic
This plastic-free July, we have one big question: how have our sustainability efforts been impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic? Patrício Silva, A.L. (et.al. 2020) argues that “with public health now being of utmost priority, along with close monitoring of economic and social impacts, the implications of COVID-19 in the environment remains largely undervalued” (pg.2). […]
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Unlocking Nature In Lockdown
With COVID-19 lockdowns meaning more limited access to nature, it is important to find ways to encourage children, teens – in fact, all of us – to reconnect to biodiversity and all it offers. PlantingSeeds’ B&B Highway’s new citizen science session and resources, developed in collaboration with the CSIRO’s Atlas of Living Australia, is focusing […]