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Environment

Climate change expected to make European hay fever seasons much worse

Coping with the hay fever season in north-west Europe is set to get harder, with climate change potentially increasing the severity of the pollen season by more than half

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Boxes of bees

Life

Farmed bees are mating with native bees - and that could endanger them

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Archocyrtus kovalevi likely fed on the nectar of gymnosperms

Life

Pollinators may have evolved 40 million years before flowers existed

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Alexandre Aebi inspecting one of his hives in his apiary in Switzerland

Life

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent

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Bumblebee landing on a tomato plant

Life

Aphrodisiac virus makes plants super-attractive to bumblebees

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First direct evidence of impact of pesticide on bee pollination

Life

First direct evidence of impact of pesticide on bee pollination

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Bumblebees cope with climate change by evolving shorter tongues

Earth

Bumblebees cope with climate change by evolving shorter tongues

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Climate vice squeezes bumblebee habitat from north and south

Earth

Climate vice squeezes bumblebee habitat from north and south

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Voracious carnivores caught knocking back sugary flower nectar

Life

Voracious carnivores caught knocking back sugary flower nectar

Genets and mongooses don't shy away from visiting flowers and drinking their nectar, and may even play a role in pollination

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Earth

North American ragweed to bring autumn allergy misery to Europe

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Life

Bitter sweet nectar: Why some flowers poison bees

Features

Health

Hay fever: Why it's not to be sneezed at

Features

Health

Hay fever: What happens when an allergy kicks in?

Features

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