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University of California – San Diego Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a tiny single-celled parasite may have a greater-than expected…
Read MoreUniversity of California – San Diego Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a tiny single-celled parasite may have a greater-than expected…
Read MoreSeth Borenstein, AP Science Writer A federal rule to be proposed Thursday would create temporary pesticide-free zones when certain plants are in bloom…
Read MoreTimely Support from USDA APHIS and Pollinator Partnership Members There will be a few more busy researchers gearing up for the 2015 season thanks…
Read Moreby Ross Conrad One of the benefits of having written a book on beekeeping is I occasionally get invited as a presenter to speak…
Read Moreby Jeff Harris The use of a class of systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids remains a highly controversial issue for the general public, beekeepers and…
Read Moreby Jennifer Berry Years ago, while still working on my graduate degree, I met Dr. Marion Ellis, a professor of Entomology at the University…
Read MoreThe Pollinator Stewardship Council by Michele Colopy In the May 2015 issue of this magazine, as part of the Honey Bee Health Coalition, an…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Individual honey bees of all ages and castes have developed mechanisms to limit the impacts of their pathogens. Insect social life…
Read MoreKim Kaplan, USDA WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 — Losses of managed honey bee colonies were 23.1 percent for the 2014-2015 winter but summer losses…
Read MoreDave Armstrong, Earthtimes. www.earthtimes.org Bumblebee genomes are less commercial than that of the honeybee, but have just proved to be remarkably similar. What does…
Read MoreI investigated several episodes of significant colony losses in Mississippi during the last year, and in almost all cases colony demise stemmed from failure…
Read MoreWhen to treat and when to simple accept the disease? I’m only fooling with you I am afraid that all too often I write…
Read MoreThe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled today to hear oral arguments in a case that beekeepers say could shape the future…
Read MoreEd Colby Why don’t you just send all your bees to California for the almonds,” Marilyn wondered. “Then you’d have the Winter off.” Maybe…
Read MorePhil Craft Dear Phil, I have been trying to sort out my thinking about – AFB and come down to the essay below. Please…
Read MoreBy Clarence Collison Reproducing Varroa females lay the first egg in the brood cell approximately 70 hours after host cell capping. The life cycle…
Read MoreEPA Announces It Is Unlikely to Approve New Outdoor Neonicotinoid Pesticide Uses As part of EPA’s ongoing effort to protect pollinators, the Agency has…
Read MoreThe use of neonicotinoids increased dramatically in the mid-2000s and was driven almost entirely by the use of corn and soybean seeds treated with…
Read MoreMandatory Training for Sideline and Commercial Beekeepers In OZ. Would this fly in the US? Australian beekeepers with more than 50 hives will be…
Read MoreTOP TEN WAYS TO HELP BIRDS, AND THE BEES, THIS SPRING 1. Keep your cat indoors (http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html) —This is best for your cat as…
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