NSF-funded honey bee research explores lifelong social impacts By Research Communications and Danielle Donham LEXINGTON, Ky. Clare Rittschof, Ph.D., is the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) prestigious…
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Do bees die after they sting you? Editors of EarthSky Do bees die after they sting you? The honeybee is the only type of…
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UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ IMAGE: ALERTED HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA) CREDIT: MORGANE NOUVIAN When do bees sting and how do they organise their collective defence behaviour…
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Honey bees rally to their queen via ‘game of telephone’ By: Nikk Ogasa “Buzz. Buzz. The queen is that way,” said one honey bee to…
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Shedding light on the secret reproductive lives of honey bees North Carolina State University Image: NC State University Researcher Alison McAfee Prepares Queen Cells to…
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DOES ENHANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION DISTURB HONEYBEES’ BEHAVIOUR? OBSERVATIONS DURING NEW YEAR’S EVE 2019 Daniel Favre *1, Olle Johansson 2 *1 A.R.R.A., P.O. box 494,…
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Good news for honey bees, according to 150-year-old museum specimens By: Casey McGrath, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Bee specimens from the Natural History…
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Genome sequencing shows climate barrier to spread of Africanized bees Since the 1950s, “Africanized” honeybees have spread north and south across the Americas until…
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First ever ‘murder hornet’ nest in U.S. discovered in Washington State BLAINE, WA (KPTV) – The first ever Asian giant hornet nest has been…
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Colony-Level Genetics Predict Gentle Behavior in Puerto Rican Honey Bees BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, July 6, 2020—Puerto Rico’s population of African-European hybrid honey bees (AHB)…
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ARS News Service A blue-green microalgae could provide a strong, sustainably produced artificial diet for honey bees. Microalgae Food for Honey Bees For media…
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Bee Swarms: Local Beekeepers Prepare for Season Christine Menges – chronicle2@countrymedia.net Paul Vincent and daughter in the process of capturing the first swarm of…
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What happens to honey bees during the winter? Insulated by snow, Routt County bees weather negative temperatures through the Yampa Valley winter A blanket…
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Ecologists and biologists compared data of about 1,500 agricultural fields around the world: from corn fields in the American plains to oilseed rape fields…
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Mesotunnels, like those pictured here, are composed of nylon mesh fabric suspended on hoops placed about 42 inches over the ground. The management technique…
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development researcher David Cook, Agriculture and food minister Alannah MacTiernan and Hort Innovation Research and Development general manager…
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Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing, or citrus greening. A tiny insect no bigger than a grain of rice may go unnoticed on your citrus…
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IMAGE: A crop field; and David Lyall, Paul Snyder and Kate Lyall Credit: Dr. Antony Dodd; University of Bristol Jenny Schlecht; Forum News Service Could…
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Bird populations in the United States and Canada have plunged 29% – almost three billion birds – since 1970, signaling a major ecological crisis….
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AKSON Russian Science Communication Association Buratina truncata, the new long-proboscid species of Paradoxosisyrinae from Burmese amber, and, MFP map Credit: Alexander Khramov A team…
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