A CLOSER LOOK
WATER COLLECTION/HUMIDITY REGULATION Sometimes, however, a colony must collect pure water. A colony of honey bees needs water for several functions: to maintain body…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – How Plants Form Their Seeds Is Complicated.
Pollen tubes with internalized, fluorescence-labelled signal substances (RALF peptides). Credit: UZH Vegetable, fruit, or grain – the majority of our food results from plant…
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A Closer Look- Impact of Nosema Disease
By: Clarence Collison IMPACT OFNOSEMA DISEASE ON PRODUCTIVE CASTES The biological impact of Nosema disease has mostly been associated with worker bees, whereas drones…
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Found in Translation
History Tends To Repeat Itself It can be easy to forget when working with honey bees that our human existence as their keepers pales…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Recently Reported Declines In Several Insect Taxa Such As Butterflies, Wild Bees And Moths, Are In Parallel With A Severe Loss Of Total Aerial Insect Biomass.
The common kingfisher has to eat nearly 60 per cent of its body weight every day. — Rajesh Kumar Singh/The Associated Press What’s a…
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A Closer Look
QUEEN PHEROMONE Queen pheromone is complex and is produced from multiple glands. Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals (pheromones) that…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison Proteinaceous Larval Jelly Royal jelly is a part of the diet of honey bee larvae and it plays a major role…
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Instinct vs. Intelligence
By: David Donnelly “The bee is the wisest and cleverest of all animals and the closest to man in intelligence.” These words were written…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees Will Be The Saviors Of Coffee Drinkers With Areas In Latin America Suitable For Growing Coffee Facing Predicted Declines
David Roubik Bees will be the saviors of coffee drinkers with areas in Latin America suitable for growing coffee facing predicted declines of 73%…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Study Reveals Flower Color, Fragrance Coordination
Joe Schwartz This is true for many of the 41 insect-pollinated plant species growing in a Phrygana scrubland habitat on the Greek island of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees’ Ungroomed Body Parts Are Safe Sites For Pollen
We’ve all seen busy bees hard at work. They fly from one flower to the next collecting pollen to feed their offspring. As they toil to…
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A Closer Look
By Clarence Collison Queen Cells and Rearing Stimuli There are basically two types of queen cells – those made from a worker larva, and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Sustainable Agriculture is the Best Way to Feed the World, New Research Confirms
by Emily Monaco Two new studies point to the importance of the continued development of sustainable agriculture around the world, both for the climate and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Regulation Of Honey Bee Development By Plant Micrornas Shows An Evolutionary Adaptation For Colony Success Through Partnership Between Two Species.
Bee larvae develop into workers, in part, because their diet of pollen and honey – beebread – is rich in plant regulatory molecules called…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Have Flowers Devised The Ultimate Weapon Of Distraction? Nectar Not Just A ‘Come On’ To Bees, It’s A Honeytrap!
University of Portsmouth IMAGE: Nectar not just a ‘come on’ to bees, it’s a weapon of distraction — Iris bulleyana in China. Credit: Professor Scott…
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CATCH THE BUZZ -The Keynote Presenters And Their Session Descriptions Have Been Announced For The 2017 Protecting Pollinators In Ornamental Landscapes Conference Oct. 9-11, In Traverse City, Michigan.
With populations declining, the rare, Rusty Patch bumble bee has become the flagship photo for this Conference. Photo by Clay Bolt. Michigan State University…
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A Closer Look
TROPHALLAXIS Trophallactic interactions can frequently be seen non-randomly between all members of the colony. Trophallaxis, the transfer of food by mouth from one individual to another,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Key To A More Accurate Camera In Phones, Drones And Robots May Lie In The Brain Of The Honey Bee.
Researchers from RMIT University, Monash University, the University of Melbourne and Deakin University have discovered a new mechanism in the bug’s brain for processing…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees Are Starting To Evolve To Survive Destructive Varroa Mite, Researcher Says
By: Robin McConchie Bees in the United States and Europe are starting to evolve through natural selection to survive a mite that has been…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Field experiments show how removing a pollinator species disrupts foraging patterns
Emory Health Sciences The absence of a single dominant bumblebee species from an ecosystem disrupts foraging patterns among a broad range of remaining pollinators…
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