#sperm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sperm, aggregated by home.social.
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https://theconversation.com/heatwaves-are-destroying-the-sex-lives-of-bees-new-research-283108; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456526001245?via%3Dihub#bib36 (open access). "In #males from the #heatwave group, #sperm #activity had dropped by half compared with the #control group, & sperm #counts by one third. In #females, there was a 15% reduction in both the #size & the #number of #developing #eggs." "Red mason #bees [Osmia bicornis] are common #solitary bees found in #UK #gardens, & are important #pollinators of #apples & other #fruits."
