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A new study into honey bees has revealed the significant effect human impact has on a bee's metabolism, and ultimately its survival.
Researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Curtin University and CSIRO have completed a world-first study on insect metabolism in free flying insects, focusing on the honey bee. The study funded by an Australian Research Council linkage award has revealed the significant effect human impact on the environment had on bees, which are crucial for the planet, pollinating one-third of everything we eat.
Landscapes that have been degraded mean a reduction in the availability of resources which affects the metabolic rate of the honey bee and puts more strain on its body's ability to function.
Emeritus Professor Don Bradshaw from UWA's School of Biological Sciences said the researchers wanted to find out how honey bees' metabolism was impacted by human made changes to the environment such as clearing of land.
To do this they used a unique method to measure the energy expenditure of bees, originally developed by Professor Bradshaw and used in his research on honey possums. Through this method they were able to measure the metabolic rate of bees when they are in their natural environment, and compare pristine environments rich in resources to degraded environments.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday February 09 2017, @01:05PM
.. humans dropped in the middle of dessert give up pretty soon the struggle of living after spending most of their energy in search for water and food
We know it because we measured their metabolism.
(why would bees be any different?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:10PM
I dunno about you, but if I were dropped into a massive dessert my metabolism would kick into overdrive.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday February 10 2017, @09:47AM
dropped into a massive dessert
More than the Millions of people on the Mall, this is what I loved about the Obama Inauguration: a bakery in Chicago sent a cheesecake to Barack's Inaugural, a five hundred pound cheesecake. I picture myself literally swimming in cheesecake. With a dessert like this, who needs the Sahara or the Gobi? The Kalahari, or the Mojave? Best dessert ever! Massive! It's true. Make America Cheesecake again!
(The problem with these grammar nazi posts is that they are far too subtle; the offenders will never even suspect that they lack toast and are intolerant! The entire thing is unpresidented. For all intensive purposes, this really does beg the question. No, that's it, it just begs the question. http://begthequestion.info/ [begthequestion.info] Begs for cheesecake. )