Honey Bees

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationFebruary 12, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – UND and Australian Company Partner to Improve Crop Yields with Better Pollination

Bee Innovative, University sign pact to enhance autonomous capability in complex honey bee environments. Australian technology startup Bee Innovative and the University of North…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceFebruary 5, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ohio Researchers and Industry Leaders Working to Stop Insecticide Use During Bloom.

Misti Crane Ohio State News It’s about time for the annual mass migration of honey bees to California, and new research is helping lower…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceJanuary 5, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Make Sure the Workers are Fed, and They’ll Take Care of the Queen.

Researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois used specially developed 3D-printed plastic honey combs that mimic…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 15, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sunflower Pollen Seems to Cause Real Problems for Nosema Ceranae. That’s Good.

Alan Harman Honey bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen show dramatically lower rates of infection by a specific pathogen. (Photo: Jonathan Giacomini, NC…

Catch The Buzz, History, Life, ProfilesOctober 6, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Revered as a Humanitarian and Scientist, Warwick Kerr was also blamed for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees to the Americas

Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan, In the Scientist Brazilian entomologist Warwick Estevam Kerr died on September 15 in São Paulo at age 96. Kerr leaves behind…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceJuly 25, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pesticides Used in Crop Protection Have a Significant Negative Impact on the Learning and Memory Abilities of Bees.

British Ecological Society. Materials provided by British Ecological Society. Original written by Sabrina Weiss. Credit: Harry Siviter, Royal Holloway, University of London PhD student…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Management, PollinationJuly 14, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bipartisan Bill Delays Hours of Service and ELD Enforcement for Reform.

Wyatt Bechtel – Drovers Two U.S. Senators proposed a bipartisan bill that would allow for reform of the hours of service and Electronic Logging…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementJuly 2, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa Mites, Pesticides, Viruses, Pollination, Honey – a Beekeeper’s Life

Laura Reiley, Tampa Bay Times Rolling Stone Photo FORT MEADE — Jim Doan pats the bees gently with the flat of his…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceApril 10, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – A New App Listens to The Problems of Bees. Matching Honey Bee Noises to Their Ailments.

Editor’s Note: We here at Bee Culture have been reading The Economist for decades, and have found it to be, in our opinion, the…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceMarch 16, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Familiar Hover Flies May Be Transporting Honey Bee Diseases From Flower To Flower.

Bee diseases have been detected in hover flies for the first time. The brightly-colored flies may be picking up bee viruses as they forage…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceMarch 12, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Study Finds Parallels Between Unresponsive Honey Bees And Human Autism.

Socially unresponsive bees share something fundamental with autistic humans, new research finds. Credit: Julie McMahon – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Honey bees that…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementFebruary 23, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Think Of Honey Bees As ‘Livestock,’ Not Wildlife, Argue Experts.

University of Cambridge These are Commercial Honeybee Hives in the Teide National Park, Tenerife, Spain. Credit: Alfredo Valido The ‘die-off’ events occurring in honey…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceFebruary 20, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – War Dance of the Honey Bee.

By: Karl Gruber | February 1, 2018 , The Scientist Magazine The paper A. Fujiwara et al., “First report on the emergency dance of…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceFebruary 7, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Nonprofits, Industry, Universities Join Together in Recommendations to Keep Honey Bees Safe during Corn Planting.

The Corn Dust Research Consortium (CRDC) announced recommendations based on over three years of targeted research designed to keep honey bees safe during corn…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceJanuary 29, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Where There’s Lead In The Environment, There’s Lead In Honey Bees. And That’s Not Good.

Alan Harman Researchers have used bees to monitor pollution for the first time in Australia and have found significant lead levels in the…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationJanuary 25, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Worldwide Importance of Honey Bees for Natural Habitats Honey Bees as World’s Key Pollinator of Non-Crop Plants – Maybe, Maybe Not. Read On….

Source Newsroom: University of California San Diego Credit: James Hung/UC San DiegoA honey bee pollinates a Carpobrotus edulis plant. The proportion of all floral…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementJanuary 9, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Jersey Department of Agriculture Moves to Severely Restrict Bees and Beekeeping. Who’s Next?

By: Mark Di Ionno – The Star-Ledger Janet Katz is the President of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association, and like most beekeepers, must protect her hives…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceJanuary 8, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Heat Patterns Serve As Signatures For Flowers To Passing Bees.

Heat plays an important role in flower-pollinator interactions. According to new research, heat patterns serve as signatures for flowers, advertising their availability to passing…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceDecember 4, 2017

CATCH THE BUZZ – This Discovery Opens The Possibility Of Designing New Chemicals That Target Sodium Channels Of Pests But Spare Bees.

Researchers at Michigan State University’s entomology department have unlocked a key to maintain the insecticide’s effectiveness in eliminating pests without killing beneficial bugs, such…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceNovember 26, 2017

CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Are Dying. In Three Minutes, A UMD Student Can Tell You Why.

University of Maryland doctoral student Samuel Ramsey has conducted award-winning research on honey bees in Thailand. (Courtesy of John Consoli) By Noah Fortson Trekking through…

CATCH THE BUZZ – UND and Australian Company Partner to Improve Crop Yields with Better Pollination

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ohio Researchers and Industry Leaders Working to Stop Insecticide Use During Bloom.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Make Sure the Workers are Fed, and They’ll Take Care of the Queen.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sunflower Pollen Seems to Cause Real Problems for Nosema Ceranae. That’s Good.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Revered as a Humanitarian and Scientist, Warwick Kerr was also blamed for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees to the Americas

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pesticides Used in Crop Protection Have a Significant Negative Impact on the Learning and Memory Abilities of Bees.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bipartisan Bill Delays Hours of Service and ELD Enforcement for Reform.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa Mites, Pesticides, Viruses, Pollination, Honey – a Beekeeper’s Life

CATCH THE BUZZ – A New App Listens to The Problems of Bees. Matching Honey Bee Noises to Their Ailments.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Familiar Hover Flies May Be Transporting Honey Bee Diseases From Flower To Flower.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Study Finds Parallels Between Unresponsive Honey Bees And Human Autism.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Think Of Honey Bees As ‘Livestock,’ Not Wildlife, Argue Experts.

CATCH THE BUZZ – War Dance of the Honey Bee.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Nonprofits, Industry, Universities Join Together in Recommendations to Keep Honey Bees Safe during Corn Planting.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Where There’s Lead In The Environment, There’s Lead In Honey Bees. And That’s Not Good.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Worldwide Importance of Honey Bees for Natural Habitats Honey Bees as World’s Key Pollinator of Non-Crop Plants – Maybe, Maybe Not. Read On….

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Jersey Department of Agriculture Moves to Severely Restrict Bees and Beekeeping. Who’s Next?

CATCH THE BUZZ – Heat Patterns Serve As Signatures For Flowers To Passing Bees.

CATCH THE BUZZ – This Discovery Opens The Possibility Of Designing New Chemicals That Target Sodium Channels Of Pests But Spare Bees.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Are Dying. In Three Minutes, A UMD Student Can Tell You Why.

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