Ecology
May 14, 2020
What's the buzz? Happy locked-down Roman bees to tell all
While most Romans found Italy's coronavirus quarantine a real buzz kill, the city's bees had a field day.
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Plants & Animals
May 11, 2020
Bumble bee disease, reproduction shaped by flowering strip plants
Flowering strips—pollinator-friendly rows of plants that increase foraging habitat for bees—can help offset pollinator decline but may also bring risks of higher pathogen infection rates for pollinators foraging in those ...
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2020
Microalgae food for honey bees
A microscopic algae ("microalgae") could provide a complete and sustainably sourced supplemental diet to boost the robustness of managed honey bees, according to research just published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2020
Peoples' love of bees bodes well for conservation efforts, researcher finds
Bees pollinate about 75% of all fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the U.S., as well as 80% of flowering plants in the world. As the challenges facing bee populations around the world have become more well-known, the insects ...
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2020
'Murder hornets' add bite to bee population worries
"Murder hornets' have entered the North American landscape and lexicon with horror-film imagery.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2020
Spring signals female bees to lay the next generation of pollinators
The first days of spring—brighter and warmer—are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up from hibernation and begin to build future colonies.
Ecology
May 1, 2020
Emergence of deadly honey bee disease revealed
Honey bee colonies from across the UK are increasingly suffering from a viral disease, a new study has shown.
Ecology
Apr 28, 2020
Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources for honey bees in urban environments, according to an international team of researchers. By using honey bees housed in rooftop apiaries in Philadelphia, the researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2020
Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow in trespassers from other hives if the intruders are infected with the Israeli acute paralysis virus, a deadly pathogen of bees, researchers report.
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2020
Honey bees could help monitor fertility loss in insects due to climate change
New research from the University of British Columbia and North Carolina State University could help scientists track how climate change is impacting the birds and the bees... of honey bees.
