CATCH THE BUZZ- Royal Jelly is not the Whole Story
Royal jelly does not a queen make! What makes a queen? For bees, it’s long been believed that queenliness depends on a special diet…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Prioritize the Nutritional Status of Larvae When Selecting for a New Emergency Queen.
OSU honey bee researcher Ramesh Sagili inspects a European honeybee in a carrot seed field near Madras (Photo: Lynn Ketchum/OSU) CORVALLIS, Ore. – New research shows…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – No single protein determines queen development in honeybees
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg In the first few days after they hatch, honey bee larvae feed on royal jelly secreted by the hypopharyngeal glands of adult…
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CATCH 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…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Queen Loss Causes Being Identified.
By Kim Kaplan Temperature extremes during shipping and elevated pathogen levels may be contributing to honey bee queens failing faster today than in the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – How Queen Bees Control the Princesses. Queen Bees and Ants Emit a Chemical That Actually Alters the DNA of Their Daughters and Keeps Them Sterile and Industrious Workers
Australian National University IMAGE: Luke Holman. Queen bees and ants emit a chemical that alters the DNA of their daughters and keeps them as sterile…
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