{"id":170222,"date":"2024-11-07T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/bees-flying-near-cars-are-dying-by-the-millions-a-roadkill-study-suggests\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T18:54:08","slug":"bees-flying-near-cars-are-dying-by-the-millions-a-roadkill-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/bees-flying-near-cars-are-dying-by-the-millions-a-roadkill-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Bees flying near cars are dying by the millions, a roadkill study suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles \u2014 and that\u2019s just in the western United States, a new study finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper, published online November 7 in Sustainable Environment<\/em>, is the first to document how cars may be contributing to the widespread loss<\/a> of bees, essential pollinators<\/a> of both wild plants and a third of the world\u2019s crops (SN: 8\/4\/20<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roads are a double-edged sword for pollinators, says evolutionary ecologist Joseph Wilson of the University of Utah in Tooele. Medians and shoulders create space for flowering plants to flourish even as they bring insects closer to vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n