Light Pollution May Be Keeping Honey Bees Up

Artificial light disrupts honeybee sleep patterns
Artificial light disrupts the circadian rhythms of honeybees, which is posing a risk to their role as pollinators.
Light Pollution May Be Keeping Honey Bees Up at Night
Honey bees prefer to sleep in the dark recesses of their hive, but on hot nights they will instead sleep outside. As the planet heats up, nights are warming faster than days, meaning honey bees could soon be spending more evenings outdoors,
Light pollution ‘keeping bees awake and ruining their love lives’, study finds
Light pollution is making bees sleep-deprived and harming their mating waggle dance, a study has found. Artificial light from vehicles, street lights, road signs and ­other sources is seeping into the natural world and increasingly disrupting the lives of animals.
Artificial light found to disrupt the circadian cycle of honey bees
In an emerging red flag for the digital era, sleep experts have warned us to avoid screen time in bed, sounding the alarm that light emitted from phones and other electronic devices can disrupt our sleep patterns.
Buzzkill: The Alarming Impact of Light Pollution on Honey Bee Health
Researchers at UC San Diego discovered that artificial light significantly disrupts the circadian rhythms of honey bees, which affects their health and essential pollination activities. Honey bees, key to ecosystem stability and global food security,
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