Research investigates competition between bumblebees and honey bees.

A new study will investigate the competition for resources between Hebridean bumblebees and honey bees. The three-year Hebri-bees project, led by the University of Aberdeen, aims to determine if honey bees in island apiaries negatively affect wild bumblebee populations. While similar research has been conducted on the mainland, this is the first of its kind in the Hebrides, which feature unique machair grasslands rich in flowers and rare bumblebee species.