Colorado Native Bee Study
Colorado launches study on native pollinators New state law calls for research; insects important for agriculture and ecology By Jim Mimiaga Journal staff writer…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – A leading biologist says Scotland’s native honey bees are being threatened by imports brought in because of the hobby’s growing popularity.
The imported bees are more readily available but carry a greater risk of bringing in disease from the Varroa mite. A new group, the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees prefer to forage upside down on these flowers so their hind legs and bee butts are warmed by the dark petals as they drink nectar and collect pollen
Published in the online “Journal of Pollination Ecology” Researchers on this study included Peter Bernhardt, Ph.D., Retha Edens-Meier, Ph.D, and Gerardo Camilo, Ph. D,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – University of Minnesota opens new Bee and Pollinator Research Lab. Congratulations Marla, Gary, Dan and all the researchers at UM.
Bee and pollinator researchers at the University of Minnesota are ready to take their research to the next level in a new, state-of-the-art Bee…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Bees Foraging in Fields are Exposed to Neonicotinoid Insecticides and other Pesticides
Released: 11/4/2015 11:30:00 AM According to the first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees, native bees are exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Native Bees Exposed to Pesticides too
Alan Harman The first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees finds native bees are being exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other pesticides. The…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – International Orchard Bee Association Meeting Expo In October
People who are interested in bees and the challenges they face can learn more at the 2015 International Orchard Bee Association Meeting and Pollinator…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Guide Helps Citizens Customize Their Gardens for Native Bees
Jan Suszkiw, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service, A native Andrena bee species gathers nectar and pollen from a pear flower (Jim Cane, ARS)….
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