Honeybees crowd out bumblebees - even on flower-rich heathlands
When the late summer sun falls over Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees. An Irish-Swedish research team has shown in a new study that wild bumblebees change their behaviour and are smaller in size when the number of beehives increases. The rese
https://www.science.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2026-04-27
