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Tag Archives: roadside
Killing bees in Oregon
Oregon may not be the best place to be a bee. Last year, 50 000 bumblebees (Bombus sp.) died there in a parking lot. Trees had been sprayed with pesticide. It turned out that the spray was dinotefuran, one of … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, miniculture
Tagged America, apiculture, arthropod, bumblebee, car, dinotefuran, Europe, honeybee, hymenopteran, insecticide, law, neonicotinoid, pesticide, plant_gymnosperm, roadside
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Danish scurvy grass thrives along gritted roads
argylesock says… so this is what all that salt on our British roads is doing. At least, one thing it’s doing. I wonder what the knock-on effects on roadside ecosystems will be. Also I wonder whether this plant could be … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged bioremediation, climate, danish scurvy grass, ecosystem, pollution, roadside, salt
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