The bumblebee and other native wild bees are all the more important in the garden now that the population of honeybees is in such decline.
Scientists in Germany have discovered a new mechanism of infection for the most fatal bee disease. American Foulbrood (AFB) is the only infectious disease which can kill entire colonies of bees. Every ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year....
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 7 (UPI) -- The Apiary Inspectors of America says the United States has seen a dramatic decline in the number of managed honey bee colonies since 1980.
... group of international scientists launched a campaign in Toronto this week to identify the world's bees, an effort they hope will help track and better understand these important pollinators of food ...
... on two pesticides widely used by beekeepers to control varroa mites, a major enemy of bees. Studies elsewhere indicate that residues of these chemicals can accumulate in hives, including in the ...
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 24 (UPI) -- Wet spring weather in Scotland has reduced the sex drive of queen bees and threatens the future of the country's hives.
... , 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 their counterparts nationally during ...
A report has found that nearly two thirds of all hospital emissions for a venomous bite or sting are caused by bees or spiders, who seem to prefer males.
Research has found that bees may use the left and right hemispheres of the brain for different functions, a process previously not known to occur in invertebrates.
... reviewed all valid names from his checklist and from those of experts from all over the world for the World Bee Checklist project led by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural ...
In this week's issue of Nature, Israeli researchers show that when making decisions, people and bees alike are more likely to gamble on risky courses of action - rather than taking a safer option - ...
There are more species of bees buzzing around the globe than there are species of mammals and birds combined, a new census shows.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's honey bees, crucial to worldwide food production, need more protection from foreign invaders that could potentially wipe out their population, a parliamentary report ...
... as "colony collapse disorder," an unexplained phenomenon that is wiping out colonies of honey bees throughout the United States. This has highlighted the need for more information about bee species ...
