Melissa Sorokin sees herself as "a bee advocate," deeply passionate about helping to rescue the at-risk creatures that play such a critical role in biodiversity.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2023
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In a headline-making move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the first honeybee vaccine against American foulbrood disease, a bacterial illness that has partially contributed to dramatic drops in U.S. honeybee ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2023
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In the course of experiments to test how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box.
Ecology
Feb 6, 2023
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If you've ever compared a frozen pizza to the photo on the box, you know the feeling of being duped by appetizing looks.
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2023
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We know that bees are important to natural ecosystems and also to human agriculture and horticulture. They are great pollinators of so plant flowering plant species and are also a source of food and materials we have used ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2023
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Honeybees, which pollinate one-third of the crops Americans eat, face many threats, including infectious diseases. On Jan. 4, 2023, a Georgia biotechnology company called Dalan Animal Health announced that it had received ...
Ecology
Jan 23, 2023
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There are often too few flowering plants in agricultural landscapes, which is one reason for the decline of pollinating insects. Researchers at the University of Göttingen have now investigated how a mixture of crops of ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2023
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Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite that can cause European honey bee colonies to collapse by spreading Deformed wing virus as they feed. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Zachary Lamas and colleagues at the USDA-ARS ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2023
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Researchers from the Victoria University of Wellington have demonstrated a link between invasive ant species and increased levels of diseases in bees.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2023
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Bees may be at risk from exposure to glyphosate—an active ingredient in some of the EU's most commonly used weedkillers—via contaminated wildflower nectar, according to new research from Trinity and DCU scientists.
Ecology
Jan 17, 2023
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