News tagged with killer bees

UF research finds that 'killer' bees haven't stung U.S. honey production

(PhysOrg.com) -- In just a few years after Africanized honey bees were introduced to Brazil in 1956, the aggressive bees had dominated and ruined domestic hives throughout South and Central America. According to University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rapacious Rasberry ants march north

Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it's the Rasberry ants.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 10

Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Aggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As "killer bees" spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, began a 17-year study ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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MSU plan would control deadly tsetse fly

For the first time, scientists have created a satellite-guided plan to effectively control the tsetse fly – an African killer that spreads "sleeping sickness" disease among humans and animals and wipes ...

Biology / Other

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists warn of emerging fungal peril

Fungal diseases are a major threat not just to wild plants and animals, but to us.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Fate of bees worries Europe's parliament

Bothered by spiking mortality rates for bees, Europe's parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the EU to provide more funding for the beekeeping sector.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Natural born killers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a few days old and still blind and naked, chicks of the African greater honeyguide kill their newly hatched foster siblings in order to eliminate competition for parental care, new research from the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Africanized bees in Modesto likely an isolated case

The recent confirmation of Africanized honey bees in Modesto — the first confirmed case north of Madera County — is "probably an isolated case, and there probably aren't any more Africanized honey bee colonies in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marla Spivak: A scientist with a real bee in her bonnet

How do we study bees and why are they disappearing?  How are scientists working to save bees? Marla Spivak--a MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished McKnight Professor, and extension entomologist in the Department ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What's behind our conflicted feelings on nukes?

(AP) -- Nuclear radiation, invisible and insidious, gives us the creeps.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 59

Researchers map 'fly tree of life'

Calling it the "new periodic table for flies," researchers at North Carolina State University and collaborators across the globe have mapped the evolutionary history of flies, providing a framework for further comparative ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bee scientists force killer mites to self destruct

The blood-sucking Varroa is the biggest killer of honey bees world-wide, having developed resistance to beekeepers’ medication over the past decade. It particularly thrives in cold winters when colonies ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

'Warrior worms' discovered in snails; Scientists see possible biomedical applications

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" -- members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn snail. The findings are reported in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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