CATCH THE BUZZ – N.Y. honeybees stung hard by varroa mite, researchers find
By David Nutt A small mite is causing big trouble for New York’s honeybee population and putting in peril the fruit and vegetable crops that…
Read MoreBy David Nutt A small mite is causing big trouble for New York’s honeybee population and putting in peril the fruit and vegetable crops that…
Read MoreHolly Whetstone, Layne Cameron A team of Michigan State University entomologists will use a nearly $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of…
Read MoreBECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR BUZZES DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK Mary Phillips On June, 22, 2017, the National Wildlife Federation’s Collin O’Mara joined…
Read MoreEmory Health Sciences The absence of a single dominant bumblebee species from an ecosystem disrupts foraging patterns among a broad range of remaining pollinators…
Read MoreBeekeepers, scientists, policy-makers and other relevant parties are to set up a European bee partnership that could transform the way bee health is assessed…
Read MoreBy Nathalie Sturgeon The small hive beetle, which lays its eggs in honeycomb, has been found in the Acadian Peninsula. The discovery of a small…
Read MoreWith the help of local beekeepers, Vita (Europe) Ltd has opened a test apiary near its Basingstoke headquarters to complement its other test apiaries…
Read MoreSixteen honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies were placed in four different agricultural landscapes to study the effects of agricultural landscape and exposure to…
Read MorePurdue researchers found that honeybees collect pollen from a wide range of plants, even in areas dominated by corn and soybeans. Credit: Purdue University/Tom…
Read MoreTom Van Arsdall, Laurie Davies Adams BECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR BUZZES DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK Pollinator Week 2017 (June 19-25), marks the tenth…
Read MoreIowa State University post-doctoral research student Adam Dolezal admits there is a misconception about honeybees in the Midwest. He says that despite what many…
Read MoreBy Nick Weber BECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR WEEK BUZZ’S DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK For Michael Hill, who grows blueberries at Southern Hill Farms…
Read MoreBECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR BUZZ’S DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK Bayer Feed a Bee program celebrates National Pollinator Week by kicking off initiative…
Read MoreSwarm Shaming I don’t know how everyone else’s Spring season went with their bees, but we had an insane amount of swarms this year….
Read MoreIf modern medicine is unable to help you, try Bee Venom Therapy (BVT)…you have little to lose. The use of honey bee products for…
Read MoreProcessing thick honey from heavy combs. An aggressive colony in a suburban area. My opening comment last month For this continued honey processing topic, I…
Read MoreRecent Accomplishments And Where We Are Heading Shapiro, Dykes, Sears, Hays, Berthelsen, Waycott Intro/Overview, by Julie Shapiro Honey bees play an integral role in…
Read MoreIn this series thus far we’ve jumped hither and yon over much of the West. This month, we’ll focus on the Northwest. “Pacific Northwest…
Read MoreThis year, 2017, marks the 100th birthday of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association. The first meeting was held in Winston-Salem. The site was…
Read MoreA colony of healthy honey bees is like a superorganism–individual bees provide the cohesiveness and interplay among its cells and tissues by delivering pollen…
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