Squash Bees Thrive with Agricultural Intensification miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new study led by Penn State found that the squash bee (Eucera pruinosa) has evolved in response to intensifying agriculture namely squashes in the genus Curcurbita. The research is the first to demonstrate the role of agriculture as an evolutionary force acting on a wild insect pollinator and may have implications for food security.
Squash bees flourish in response to agricultural intensification: Squelches idea that all pollinators are suffering at the hands of humans sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Numbers of the specialized squash bee, Eucera pruinosa, are growing quickly in response to intensifying cultivation of squashes, pumpkins, marrows and gourds.