Bumblebee Size
When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter? While honey bee workers are all the same size, that’s not true for bumblebees. Scientists aren’t…
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Beekeeping in China
Why does China stick to the path of common prosperity? Beekeeping is an Example NEWS PROVIDED BY CGTN (Chinese Global Television Network) BEIJING /PRNewswire/ —…
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Ancestral Flower Power
Insects have a lot to do with ancestral flower power, study finds The Botanic Gardens of Sydney has published a paper with researchers from…
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Endangered Species Update
Pending Endangered Listings: What Growers Need to Know Two pending endangered species listings for pollinators can have major impacts on the almond industry as…
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Apiary Inspector on Vancouver Island
Disease and climate change put pressure on bees and their keepers on Vancouver Island: Apiary inspector. Todd Harmer Without bees, there is no food,…
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Honey Bees on Federal Facilities
Honey Bee Health Blooming at Federal Facilities Across US Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in…
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Honey Bee Aggression Genes
Honey bee colony aggression linked to gene regulatory networks by Shelby Lawson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Collective behaviors are present across many different animal…
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EPA Risk Assessment
EPA Releases Risk Assessment Showing Significant Risks to Human Health from the Herbicide DCPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step…
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Natural Engineering
Natural Engineering in the Lifestyle of Honey Bees Eric Hedin A week ago, my wife came in and announced, “There’s a scary-looking bees’ nest…
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U.S. Honey Bee Losses
This chart shows the estimated share of bee keepers’ colonies lost in the United States from 2016-17 to 2022-23. We are here to…
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Alert!
Bee aware that “Stop Varroa, Varroa Treatment” (through stopvarroa.com) does not have an EPA registration number and may not be a legitimate product approved…
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At Home Beekeeping Webinar
Links: Zoom: https://auburn.zoom.us/j/904522838 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceCountyextension/ Email: ams0137@aces.edu
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Preliminary BIP Results
Links: Previous years: https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ BIP website: https://beeinformed.org/ Bee Lab at Auburn University: https://linktr.ee/auburnbees Bee Lab at University of Maryland: https://www.umdbeelab.com/ Survey question previews: https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ To read the rest of…
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Pollinator Week Tips
National Honey Board shares Pollinator Week Tips Source: National Honey Board By Brian Amick Honey bees are responsible for a third of the food we…
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Happy Pollinator Week!
Links: Honey Bee Health Coalition: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/ Farmers for Monarchs: https://farmersformonarchs.org/
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Ireland National Apiculture Program
Irelands Minister Hackett launches the National Apiculture Programme 2023 – 2027 From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine The Minister of State in the…
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Pollen as a Nutrient Source
Use of bee pollen as a nutrient source By Bhavana Kunkalikar Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in the Nutrients journal, researchers evaluated using…
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Northern Giant Hornet
Plant Protection Today – PPQ Travels to the Land of Giants Experts Collaborate, Initiate and Succeed—Times Four By Sharon Lucik The first northern giant…
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Australia’s Varroa Opportunity
Opinion: Australia is in a unique position to eliminate the bee-killing Varroa mite. Here’s what happens if we don’t by Scarlett Howard, Alexander Mikheyev,…
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Where Did Honey Bees Evolve?
Multiple mitogenomes indicate Things Fall Apart with Out of Africa or Asia hypotheses for the phylogeographic evolution of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Steven M….
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