Posted on 07/11/2023 6:40:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
British bees are ‘waking up’ early due to climate change and emerging from their nests at the wrong time, which could threaten the pollination of crucial crops.
The research, the largest of its kind in the UK, found that for every one degree Celsius rise in temperature caused by climate change, wild bees, such as bumblebees, emerge from their nests 6.5 days earlier on average.
The researchers warn that this may mean that bees lose sync with the plants on which they depend, meaning there may be less food for them to consume.
This means bees may not have the energy to pollinate crops effectively or may miss the blossom completely.
PhD researcher Chris Wyver, of the University of Reading's School of Agriculture, said: "Rising temperatures are making life tougher for bees.
"Warmer conditions mean bees emerge from hibernation earlier, but there may not be enough food to provide energy for them when they start buzzing about."
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Research: Climate change linked to climate change !
BINGO more time for work to prep for winter.
Exactly!
Proof colleges aren’t.
Yes, they are an invasive species.
Research: Climate change linked to (grant$) linked to climate change !
There.
Bullcrap. I once thought the declining bee population was to man made pollution. Now I believe they were being killed off on purpose by those climate nazis. These WEF nazi bastards will do anything to achieve their goals of reducing the world’s population.
Apparently flowers are smarter than bees.
People who smoke pot come up with all kinds of crap.
You said it much better than I.
Thank You.
Perhaps they set their alarms earlier. Just as feasible as globalwarmingcoolingclimatechange.
I wake up earlier, too, I’ve noticed.
I Googled it.
It’s called summer.
They are on Beelight Savings time.
Or maybe the plants are waking up earlier first.
If the temperature rise is enough to wake the bees up early wouldn’t it stand to reason it might also cause flowers to bloom earlier too? Maybe if the bees weren’t waking up earlier they would be missing the blooming season by a few days. Just sayin’.
Can bees work from home?
Well they can’t take Ambien. We don’t need honey with cigarettes in it.
Do you start pollinating earluer?
“Warmer conditions mean bees emerge from hibernation earlier, but there may not be enough food to provide energy for them when they start buzzing about.”
“More convenient support for “The Message”, masquerading as “research”. Most high temperature records around the globe were set around a century ago. Did the bees wake up early then, too?”
I read somewhere that the highest recorded temperatures occurred in the mid 1930’s.
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