The results for the 2014 – 2015 Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) National Management Survey are posted on the BIP website. This survey was done in conjunction…
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Scientists are now in agreement that we are not facing a beepocalypse as many in the media environmental activists and journalists have been predicting….
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This summer, the National Association of Wheat Growers officially joined the Honey Bee Health Coalition, a group working collaboratively to implement solutions that…
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Wildflowers help control crop pests Could cornflowers and poppies take the place of pesticides? That’s what researchers are proposing in a new study…
Read MoreDATE: August 26, 2015 SUBJECT: Appointment of Dr. Jay Evans as the Research Leader of the Bee Research Laboratory in the Beltsville Agricultural Research…
Read MoreBees’ needs across a suburban-rural landscape mosaic Kyle Teixeira-Martins McGill University, Martin J. Lechowicz McGill University, Andrew Gonzalez McGill University Background/Question/Methods Wild bees can…
Read MoreDistribution of flowering resources across urban neighborhoods and implications for pollinators David M. Lowenstein University of Illinois at Chicago, Emily Minor University of Illinois…
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A Dartmouth-led study finds that bumblebees infected with a common intestinal parasite are drawn to flowers whose nectar and pollen have a medicinal effect,…
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U.S. Bee Buffer Project to Provide Bee Forage Kits to Landowners CLEVELAND, OHIO (August 31, 2015) – The U.S. Bee Buffer Project, an initiative of…
Read MoreWet meadow restoration buffers the impact of climate change: pollinator resilience during the California drought Jennifer I. VanWyk UC Davis, Neal M. Williams University…
Read MoreThe effect of sub-lethal pesticide exposure on pollination-relevant bee foraging behaviors across a species richness gradient Background/Question/Methods Carolyn Ayers Emory University Emily Dobbs Emory…
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2015 – Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini today encouraged producers to examine the available U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Read MoreEPA released a New Rule for public comment, Bees; Mitigating Exposure from Acutely Toxic Pesticide Products (Docket #: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0818-0003) late last spring. The deadline…
Read MoreAn international research team has some good news for the struggling honeybee, and the millions of people who depend on them to pollinate crops…
Read MoreFrom I. Barton Smith, Entomologist, USDA Honey Bee Research Lab, Beltsville, MD (If the links contained here do not work, simply copy and paste…
Read MorePollinator Protection Training for Tribes November 17-19, 2015 Northern Quest Hotel, Spokane, WA Owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians http://events.SignUp4.net/Tribal_Pollinator_Training Nominations…
Read MoreReleased: 8/18/2015 11:00:00 AM USGS discovered insecticides known as neonicotinoids in a little more than half of both urban and agricultural streams sampled across…
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The challenges facing the world’s bee populations will be front and centre as bee experts from across North America descend on the University of…
Read MoreJames Cook University researchers are creating a buzz in bee research, gluing tiny transmitters to the backs of the insects for the first time….
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Scientists from eight universities across the United States are tracking the health of honeybees in a partnership funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture….
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