Gene study boosts bid to keep British bees safe from disease
Efforts to protect the UK's native honey bees could be helped by research that maps their entire genetic make-up.
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Study shows pesticide exposure can dramatically impact bees' social behaviors
For bees, being social is everything.
Fungus provides powerful medicine in fighting honey bee viruses
A mushroom extract fed to honey bees greatly reduces virus levels, according to a new paper from Washington State University scientists, the USDA and colleagues at Fungi Perfecti, a business based in Olympia, Washington.
The more pesticides bees eat, the more they like them
Bumblebees acquire a taste for pesticide-laced food as they become more exposed to it, a behaviour showing possible symptoms of addiction.
A bee economist explains honey bees' vital role in growing tasty almonds
It's sometimes reported that one in every three bites of food depends on bees. As is often the case when an easy to grasp notion spreads, there's a dose of truth and a dollop of exaggeration.
Canada to phase out pesticides linked to bee and water bug deaths
Canada announced plans Wednesday to phase out two pesticides widely applied to canola, corn and soybean crops in this country and linked to bee and now also aquatic insect deaths.
Species shifts in the honey bee microbiome differ with age and hive role
The makeup of microbial species—the microbiome—in a honey bee queen's gut changes slowly as she ages, while a worker bee's microbiome changes much more rapidly, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research ...
Honeybees finding it harder to eat at America's bee hot spot
A new federal study finds bees are having a much harder time finding food in America's last honeybee refuge.
Bees get stressed at work too (and it might be causing colony collapse)
Ever been overworked, tired and felt muddle-headed? Research now shows honey bees suffer from the same thing – and we understand why.
Honeybees prioritize well-fed larvae for emergency queen-rearing, study finds
New research shows that honeybees prioritize the nutritional status of larvae when selecting for a new emergency queen.
