Ivy Bees Fight Back Against Honeybees that Drive Other Pollinators Off Flowers

Ivy bees fight back against honeybees that drive other pollinators off flowers

Honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators in the U.K., and new research has found evidence of their aggressive behavior, recording for the first time the extent to which they restrict access to food sources and attack and chase other species.

Honeybees are barging aside wild pollinators in hunt for pollen and nectar, study finds

As a surge in beekeepers has lead to increased numbers of honeybees, researchers record them pushing bumblebees and other rival species away from flowers Honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators for resources by aggressively bumping into them and chasing them away from flowers, research has shown. The study, by researchers from Anglia Ruskin University, found that…

Honeybees bully wild rivals at flowers, two-year Cambridge study reveals

A two-year Cambridge field study has documented how honeybees aggressively displace, chase and outcompete wild pollinators at shared flowers, with warming temperatures expected to intensify the conflict.