ARS Develops Varroa Resistant Honey Bees
ARS-developed Varroa-resistant honey bees better winter survivors US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Baton Rouge, La.—Pol-line honey bees, a type of Varroa…
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Is it Time to Put the Brakes on Beekeeping?
The age of extinction ‘Honeybees are voracious’: is it time to put the brakes on the boom in beekeeping? The number of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Beehive Project
Butterfly Pavilion and Greeley Honey Producer Collaborate on Beehive Project Claire Duncombe Flickr/Pierre Grand Bees and other pollinators are a crucial part of the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bee Cold Storage
ARS New Service Kim Kaplan Kim.Kaplan@usda.gov Helping Honey Bees Make It Through Winter With Early Cold Storage; TUCSON, ARIZONA, June 22, 2020—Putting honey bees…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Rolls Royce Honey Production
Rolls-Royce’s Honey Production Is Still Booming, Even While Auto Plants Are Shut. The luxury car company has housed an active apiary at its headquarters…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – God Bless America and the Honey Bees
COMMENTARY: God Bless America (and the honey bees) The angry bees attacked in the direction of the stick, giving Charity enough time to escape.”…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Key is Not Whether They Encounter a Disease – It’s Whether They are Fit and Healthy Enough to Fight it Off.
Alan Harman More intensive beekeeping does not raise the risk of diseases that harm or kill the insects, new research suggests. Intensive agriculture –…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists Say Agriculture is Good for Honey Bees, at Least in Tennessee.
By: Ginger Rowsey, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture In a recent study, researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture found the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Honey Bees Count? They Can Match A Character To A Quantity. So….
A team of scientists from RMIT University, Monash University and the University of Toulouse III has trained honeybees (Apis mellifera) to match a character…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Round Up – Could This Commonly Used Herbicide Could Also Be Having Adverse Effects on The Health and Behavior of Honey Bees.
By: Michael Balter Is one of the world’s most widely used herbicides a danger not only to annoying weeds, but also to honeybees? While…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Can Help Monitor Pollution In Cities.
University Of British Columbia Honey from urban bees can tell us how clean a city is and help pinpoint the sources of environmental pollutants…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – BIP Tech Transfer Teams Offer Hive Inspections, Collect Data and Then Make Recommendations on How to Maintain Healthy Colonies.
By: Lisa Renner As the world faces a declining bee population, California almond growers say they are doing their best to promote bee health….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Canola Farmers and Beekeepers Have a Vested Interest in Cooperating and Protecting Bees as Much as Possible.
Bees love canola and canola loves bees. That’s why canola farmers and beekeepers have a vested interest in cooperating and protecting bees as much…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Earning a Bee’s Wings. In Hives, Graduating to Forager a Requirement for Social Membership it is a Classic Coming-of-Age Story, in Many Ways.
By: Talia Ogliore Graduate student Cassondra Vernier conducted lab experiments and observed hours of bee interactions at the entrance to the hive. She is…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists Discover Bees Can Solve Basic Mathematical Problems.
By: Benjamin Pineros Addition, subtraction and other basic mathematical concepts have featured in human civilization for thousands of years. Now scientists have discovered that honey…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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