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Biology, Catch The BuzzOctober 18, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ambitious Strategies to Combat Pests and Disease in Organic Agriculture.

Mesotunnels, like those pictured here, are composed of nylon mesh fabric suspended on hoops placed about 42 inches over the ground. The management technique…

Biology, Catch The BuzzOctober 17, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Flies Could Replace Bees as Pollinators.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development researcher David Cook, Agriculture and food minister Alannah MacTiernan and Hort Innovation Research and Development general manager…

Biology, Catch The BuzzSeptember 30, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – The Citrus Greening Bug Has Been Found In Nevada. Quarantines Are Going Up!

Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing, or citrus greening. A tiny insect no bigger than a grain of rice may go unnoticed on your citrus…

Beekeeping, Biology, Catch The BuzzSeptember 24, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Plants Tell Time, and, Robots May Be Pollinators Sooner Than You Think In North Dakota.

IMAGE: A crop field; and David Lyall, Paul Snyder and Kate Lyall Credit: Dr. Antony Dodd; University of Bristol Jenny Schlecht; Forum News Service Could…

Biology, Catch The BuzzSeptember 21, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

Bird populations in the United States and Canada have plunged 29% – almost three billion birds – since 1970, signaling a major ecological crisis….

Biology, Catch The Buzz, PoliticsSeptember 13, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

AKSON Russian Science Communication Association Buratina truncata, the new long-proboscid species of Paradoxosisyrinae from Burmese amber, and, MFP map Credit: Alexander Khramov A team…

Biology, Catch The BuzzSeptember 12, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

University of Würzburg IMAGE: A solitary bee leaves an artificial nest. The individual breeding chambers are separated and each contains only one larva. This prevents…

Biology, Catch The BuzzJune 13, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Honey Bees Count? They Can Match A Character To A Quantity. So….

A team of scientists from RMIT University, Monash University and the University of Toulouse III has trained honeybees (Apis mellifera) to match a character…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMay 15, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – How A Queen Bee Achieves Her Regal Status That Elevates Her From Her Sterile Worker Sisters Has Been A Long-Standing Question

CRISPR gene-editing used to understand links between diet and genetics to make a future honey bee queen. How a queen bee achieves her regal…

Biology, Catch The BuzzApril 8, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – A Key Observation Was That Orchards Fare Best When They Have a Diverse Community of Bees Flying in From Natural Habitats.

By: Jan Suszkiw A bee on an apple flower…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 28, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Plant Diseases, Pests Ruining Crops, In Some Cases Up To 40% – Just Like Bees!

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pests and diseases are taking a substantial bite out of the world’s five major food crops — in some cases,…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 27, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Fish and Bees “Talk” with Help from Robot Translators.

Jef Akst One-day-old honey bees gather around a heat-emitting robot (left) while zebrafish swim with a robot in a donut-shaped aquarium. When the bee…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 12, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – World’s Largest Bee, Missing for 38 Years, Found in Indonesia

As long as an adult thumb, with jaws like a stag beetle and four times larger than a honey bee, Wallace’s giant bee is…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 7, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – “There is a Protein in Royal Jelly that Causes Bee Stem Cells to Renew Themselves, So Queen Bees are Bigger and Contain More Cells Than Worker Bees”

Inside a hive, all females are the same when they are larval bees. Then, one female is selected as the queen bee, and she…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 5, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Urban Gardens and Allotments Provide Especially Good Habitat for Pollinator Communities.

By: Mike Gaworecki (Photo: The River and The Wall) Many pollinator insect species like bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are on the decline, due in…

Biology, Catch The BuzzMarch 1, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Earning a Bee’s Wings. In Hives, Graduating to Forager a Requirement for Social Membership it is a Classic Coming-of-Age Story, in Many Ways.

By: Talia Ogliore Graduate student Cassondra Vernier conducted lab experiments and observed hours of bee interactions at the entrance to the hive. She is…

Biology, Catch The BuzzFebruary 28, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Immense Numbers of Introduced Honey Bees Overwhelm Native Pollinators for Access to Pollen and Nectar, at Least in San Diego

Non-native honey bees have established robust feral populations in San Diego, such as the pictured swarm. Honey bees currently make up 75 percent of…

Biology, Catch The BuzzFebruary 26, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists Discover Bees Can Solve Basic Mathematical Problems.

By: Benjamin Pineros Addition, subtraction and other basic mathematical concepts have featured in human civilization for thousands of years. Now scientists have discovered that honey…

Biology, Catch The BuzzJanuary 15, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Research Offers Insights of Honey Bee Chromosomes

Kathy Keatley Garvey Newly published research by a team of Germany-based honey bee geneticists, collaborating with Robert Page Jr. of Arizona State University/UC Davis,…

2019, Biology, January 2019January 14, 2019

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By: Peter Borst How Do They Do This So Well? Historical Notes Since ancient times, people have marveled at the society and the architecture…

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ambitious Strategies to Combat Pests and Disease in Organic Agriculture.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Flies Could Replace Bees as Pollinators.

CATCH THE BUZZ – The Citrus Greening Bug Has Been Found In Nevada. Quarantines Are Going Up!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Plants Tell Time, and, Robots May Be Pollinators Sooner Than You Think In North Dakota.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Honey Bees Count? They Can Match A Character To A Quantity. So….

CATCH THE BUZZ – How A Queen Bee Achieves Her Regal Status That Elevates Her From Her Sterile Worker Sisters Has Been A Long-Standing Question

CATCH THE BUZZ – A Key Observation Was That Orchards Fare Best When They Have a Diverse Community of Bees Flying in From Natural Habitats.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Plant Diseases, Pests Ruining Crops, In Some Cases Up To 40% – Just Like Bees!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Fish and Bees “Talk” with Help from Robot Translators.

CATCH THE BUZZ – World’s Largest Bee, Missing for 38 Years, Found in Indonesia

CATCH THE BUZZ – “There is a Protein in Royal Jelly that Causes Bee Stem Cells to Renew Themselves, So Queen Bees are Bigger and Contain More Cells Than Worker Bees”

CATCH THE BUZZ – Urban Gardens and Allotments Provide Especially Good Habitat for Pollinator Communities.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Earning a Bee’s Wings. In Hives, Graduating to Forager a Requirement for Social Membership it is a Classic Coming-of-Age Story, in Many Ways.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Immense Numbers of Introduced Honey Bees Overwhelm Native Pollinators for Access to Pollen and Nectar, at Least in San Diego

CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists Discover Bees Can Solve Basic Mathematical Problems.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Research Offers Insights of Honey Bee Chromosomes

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