Bee larvae develop into workers, in part, because their diet of pollen and honey, called beebread, is rich in plant regulatory molecules called microRNAs, which delay development and keep their ovaries inactive. Xi Chen of ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2017
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Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives, according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers. The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2014
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Scientists are reporting deep new insights into whys and hows of the famous caste system that dominates honey bee societies, with a select few bee larvae destined for royalty and the masses for worker status. Their study ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2011
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Scientists at the University of Warwick have modelled an outbreak of the bee infection American foulbrood in Jersey, using a technique which could be applied to other honeybee diseases such as European foulbrood and the Varroa ...
Ecology
Sep 16, 2013
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New research shows that honeybees prioritize the nutritional status of larvae when selecting for a new emergency queen.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolutionary history of the bee family Apidae -- which has the largest number of species and includes honeybees -- may need a major revision, according to a new Cornell study published online in the Proceedings ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2010
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University of Guelph researchers hope their new discovery will help combat a disease killing honeybee populations around the world.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —New research by academics at The University of Nottingham has shown that exposure to a neonicotinoid insecticide causes changes to the genes of the honeybee.
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2013
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In an effort to save the dwindling honeybee population researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are looking to viruses to help treat one of the most destructive and widespread bee brood diseases in the United States. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2012
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What worker bees do depends on how old they are. A worker a few days old will become a nurse bee that devotes herself to feeding larvae (brood), secreting beeswax to seal the cells that contain brood and attending to the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2012
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