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Pesticides – our ecosystem up in arms

by Charlie Oldroyd

Charlie Oldroyd discusses the negative effects that glyphosate can have on bee populations and the wider impact of pesticides on ecosystems

by Imogen Poyntz-Wright

Imogen Poyntz-Wright, Online Science Editor, discusses the UK government allowing the use of Emergency pesticide over fields and its effect on the environment

https://exepose.com/2022/03/22/uk-government-allows-the-use-of-emergency-pesticides/

Drink Your Marrows Away: Exeter Study Reveals Impact of Pollination on Courgettes

by Natalie Tongue

A PhD study by Dr Jessica Knapp at the University of Exeter has discovered the impact of pollination to courgettes. Dr Knapp found that courgette crop yields were 39% higher when honeybees, buff-tailed bumblebees and other pollinators were present. This boost in yield would have added an estimated £3.6 million to the 2017 courgette crop. […]

You Won’t Bee-lieve It

by Ruth Braham

Anyone who has seen Charlie Brooker’s dark anthology series will tell you that Black Mirror does an excellent job of mixing realism and Science Fiction concepts to create a world that, whilst technologically advanced, is still recognisably our own. Throughout the series Brooker addresses concepts such as the growing impact of social media on our […]

The Biological Brilliance of Bees

by Tash Ebbutt

A major discovery has been made in regards to wildlife and the natural world. The university has discovered that when foraging for pollen, bees use multiple sensory cues. Instead of using one sense as previously thought, it is believed that bees use a variety of senses and even memories of past experiences when deciding where […]

Bee virus spread caused by man

by Sam Woolf

Humans are to blame for the mass wipe-out of honeybees, University of Exeter-led research has discovered. Collaborating with UC Berkeley, University of Exeter researchers found that deformed wing virus (DWV) which is responsible for decimating bee populations worldwide, was found to be spread by the trade of bee colonies. The virus is most commonly associated […]

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