Monthly Archives: October 2018

(Click here for a audio version of this blog) There is a lot of interesting research on bees being conducted at the Royal Holloway University of London. Previously, they determined that a commonly used pesticide inhibited the ovaries in bumblebee … Continue reading →

(Click here for an audio version of this blog!) When we say the word “bee” we probably have in mind the larger members of the seven families and 20,000 species that are classified as “bees.” Honeybees and bumblebees are the … Continue reading →

(Click here for an audio version of this blog!) I am waiting for the leaves to fall en mass from my trees. It is an event that occurs about the same time each year (sometime after Columbus Day but before … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this post!) “Roundworm” is another name for “nematode.” When you consider that every pinch of topsoil contains dozens to hundreds of individual nematodes, and that every living vertebrate and invertebrate animal … Continue reading →