Fire Ants

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Artificial Nests, Authentic Conservation: Protecting Hawaii’s Yellow-faced Bees

Scientists have designed ant-proof nests to protect Endangered Yellow-faced Bees. In 2016, seven of Hawaii’s sixty species of Yellow-faced Bees (genus Hylaeus) were added to the Endangered Species List. The bees are primary pollinators of the abundant Hawaiian Naupaka shrub. The decreasing population can most likely be attributed to nest disruption from invasive ants. Little is known about […]

Written by on April 27, 2017

People and Native Species of Hawaii Disturbed by Invasive Fire Ants

Invasive ants are wreaking havoc on the Hawaiian Islands. David Moverly, the Invasive Species Advisor for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program in Samoa and manager of the Hawai’i Ant Lab in Hilo, is part of a global movement to manage and prevent the spread of invasive species. One invasive species he is […]

Written by on October 3, 2016