A decade-long study recently published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont ...
The University of Kansas houses the world’s largest bee research collection, with more than half a million specimens, including parasitic “vampire bees,” iridescent orchid bees, and a rediscovered gia ...
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Earth Talk: Bees

Have scientists figured out what’s causing honeybees to die off across the country and is there anything we can do about it? ...
William Robson said varroa mites can shorten the lives of queen bees to just 18 months [Chain Bridge Honey Farm] A beekeeper has said it is more difficult to keep his hives alive because of the ...
Honeybee colonies vital to California’s agriculture are collapsing, driven by parasitic mites, pesticides, and poor nutrition. With massive bee losses reported, lawmakers are advancing a bill to fund ...
The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For more than 20 years, Beekeeper Bob Faulkner, owner of Syracuse Honey, has been helping people set up their own bee colonies in their backyards. “I help people get started every ...
A beekeeper has said it is more difficult to keep his hives alive because of the growing threat of deadly parasites. William Robson, who runs Chain Bridge Honey Farm in Berwick, Northumberland, said ...