Episode 386
Climate change is bad news for bees
A study tracking bee populations shows that they do not mix well with climate change.
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
July 13, 20154m 10s
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Show Notes
It's hard to miss the fact that bees are in trouble, with worrying news of colony collapse disorder devastating bee numbers, and concerns about the effects of pesticides on our most important pollinators. Now there's something else for our buzzing friends to worry about: climate change! Jeremy Kerr and his colleagues at the University of Ottawa have been using museum specimens to track how bee populations have shifted over the past century. What they've discovered is that bees and climate change don't mix... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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