Many readers may have wondered which came first; the chicken or the egg, but a similar problem occurs when trying to decide who led who in plant bee evolution. Well now, the problem has been solved – at least in Australia.
VANISHING BEES? – NEW TECHNIQUE COULD SOLVE THE MYSTERY
(Well it’s not really new because beekeepers have been using this technique for years – but it’s new to the scientists. Ed)
Ecologists in Germany have developed a better way of rearing bee larvae in the laboratory that could help discover why honey bee populations [...]
Evolution is an amazing process and this research describes another evolutionary trick that has evolved over time. The recipe for making one species into two requires time and some kind of separation, like being on different islands or something else that discourages gene flow between the two budding species. In the case of [...]
Charles Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ has come somewhat closer to being solved by this fascinating piece of research which shows us just how pollinators are able to influence the shape of a flower.
For the past 10 years, José María Gómez and Francisco Perfectti of the University of Granada in Spain have used [...]
