by David Horne | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
To combat the loss of flower-rich meadows, many cities are supporting greening measures, including the creation of flower strips. To assess the effectiveness of these measures in supporting flower-visiting insects, their faunas need to be compared to the background...
by David Horne | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
A recent article in The Conversation, gave a good summary of the state of affairs, and also asks some good questions! “More than two years have passed since the detection of what is arguably the most damaging tree pest ever to arrive in South Africa:...
by David Horne | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
After running for around 18 months, we decided to upgrade the website, to make it better and smoother. So Mad Hornet Entomological Supplies has a new website. The online ordering system is a lot smoother. However please note – that when “placing an...
by David Horne | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Too much sugar in nectar slows down bees, a study has found. Bumblebees offload the nectar they drink from flowers by vomiting, but the more sugar nectar contains, the thicker and stickier it becomes – meaning it takes more time and energy for the bees to...
by David Horne | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
The discovery by Wits University and an international team of Swedish biologists from Lund University – that dung beetles use different directional sensors to achieve the highest possible navigational precision in different conditions – has broken new...
