CATCH THE BUZZ – Rock-boring Bee Named after Ancient Pueblo Native-American Cliff Dwellers
Utah State University (USU) graduate student Michael Orr rummaged through drawer after drawer at the National Pollinating Insects Collection until his doggedness paid off….
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Help Wanted at Bee Informed. What an Opportunity!
The Bee Informed Partnership (www.beeinformed.org) is seeking additional Technical Transfer Team members to work with commercial beekeepers in the following states: Minnesota (serving beekeepers…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Even Sick Bees Can Find Food and Feed The Hive
Honey bees are hardwired to efficiently search the landscape allowing them to continue working for the greater good of their hive even when they…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – 2017 Bee Culture Calendar Photo Contest Closes October 3, 2016
What honey bees do at home is the theme, so anything bees in the hive is what we are looking for. Resting, feeding, the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Begging for water gets water collector bees busy
Phys Org Thirst is a sensation that we can all relate to; however, dealing with this basic physiological impulse takes on a whole new…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – 2017 Bee Culture Calendar Photo Contest Closes October 3, 2016
What honey bees do at home is the theme, so anything bees in the hive is what we are looking for. Resting, feeding, the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Overwhelming amounts of agricultural pesticides in beehives are killing bees. Surprise!
Alan Harman The high number of pesticides in bee colonies are being linked to honey bee deaths and some compounds regarded as “bee-safe” could…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Insecticide hurts queen bees’ egg-laying abilities
By Scott Schrage Judy Wu-Smart, an entomologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has published new research suggesting that a popular class of nicotine-based insecticides…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – 2017 Bee Culture Calendar Photo Contest Closes October 3, 2016
What honey bees do at home is the theme, so anything bees in the hive is what we are looking for. Resting, feeding, the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – 2017 Bee Culture Calendar Photo Contest Closes October 3, 2016
What honey bees do at home is the theme, so anything bees in the hive is what we are looking for. Resting, feeding, the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Safe, Edible Bottle Coating Empties Every Last Drop of Honey, Syrup, Ketchup
By Alex Berezow It is nearly impossible to get every last drop of liquid foods out of their containers. Ketchup and syrup are among the worst offenders. In…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Bayer and Monsanto to Create a Global Leader in Agriculture
Realizes a shared vision of integrated agricultural offerings, delivering enhanced solutions for growers and creates a leading innovation engine for the next generation of…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Another Piece In the Pollinator Habitat Puzzle. High cash rents and low commodity prices are driving producers and landowners to well-paying CRP ground.
By Anna McConnell, Successful Farming At the end of September, contracts for nearly 1.7 million acres of land enrolled in the CRP will expire….
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Earthworms are changing forest floors, and reducing the diversity of forest floor flora. Another piece of the honey bee habitat story.
Invading European earthworms are being blamed for a decline in plant diversity in North American forests. German researchers, working with colleagues in the United…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – UMass Amherst research finds untreated lawns yield unexpectedly rich bee species mix
Declining populations of pollinators is a major concern to ecologists because bees, butterflies and other insects play a critical role in supporting healthy ecosystems….
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Purdue entomologist awarded USDA grant for neonicotinoid research
Jessica Merzdorf Purdue University entomologist Ian Kaplan and his team have received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – If you’re going to sell imported honey, don’t hide it, Flaunt It!
www.BuzzandBloomHoney.com To kick off National Honey Month, Buzz + Bloom honeys are making their journey from hives around the world to homes across America…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – South Carolina county inadvertently kills millions of honey bees
Brenda Rindge Bees have turned out to be an unexpected casualty in the fight against Zika virus. After Dorchester County, South Carolina, dispensed a…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Land Use Changes threaten 40% of U.S. Commercial bees
Alan Harman The heart of the American commercial honey bee industry is under threat from land use changes. A U.S. Geological Survey study says…
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