Science news articles about 'bee population'

Commercially-bred bees -- which are used to pollinate plants in greenhouses -- may be the cause of the drop in wild bee population, according to a Reuters story published today. read more

New Brunswick's bee population is getting stung by a series of factors resulting in a 39 per cent drop in the number of the insects, according to the provincial government.

... Collapse Disorder, diseases, parasitic mites and other stressors continue to take a devastating toll on U.S. honey bee populations, but Pennsylvania beekeepers on average fared better than ...

WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- The University of Georgia will get a $4.1 million grant to study diseases affecting the bee population, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Ed Schafer said.

... wild cousins, and that this is likely contributing to reductions in the natural pollinating bee population. Otterstatter and Thomson investigated the occurrence of disease in wild bumble bees in ...

... years, however, an unprecedented and unexplained decline in bee populations across the U.S. and Europe has placed ... He and his colleagues established 38 bee colonies across central California, ranging ...

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Up to 80 percent of the entire wild bee population of South Florida has been hybridized by an aggressive African bee strain, experts say.

... Collapse Disorder (CCD), which has hurt honey bee populations, causing some growers of fruits, nuts ... deposit more pollen per visit than honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), and most of them are potential ...

... before the infection spreads" said Dr Higes, principle researcher. This finding could help prevent the continual decline in honey bee population which has recently been seen in Europe and the USA.

... that can kill honey bees. Nosema ceranae is one of many pathogens suspected of contributing to the current bee population decline, termed colony collapse disorder (CCD). Researchers describe the ...

... in the fields of south-western France, scaring locals with their venomous stings and ravaging the bee population to feed their rapacious appetites. Now, according to French beekeepers, Asian predatory ...

Pesticides designed to protect honeybees are losing their effectiveness, say agricultural researchers, leading to a second year in a row of heavy colony losses across Canada.