Tuesday 16 April 2024

Are Honey Bees Visiting Your Soybeans? Just Listen for the Buzz

A split image showing two contrasting subjects. On the left, a black audio recorder tied to a wooden stake among green soybean plants, and on the right, a close-up of a honey bee in flight near purple flowers.

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Digital audio recording and analysis can detect the distinct wingbeat frequency of honey bees in a field, and a new study shows how such bioacoustics monitoring techniques can improve our growing understanding of the value of honey bee pollination in soybean production. [Read more]

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