While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...
Researchers from the University of Florence and University of Pisa conducted an experiment demonstrating that managed honeybees (Apis mellifera) on Giannutri Island significantly deplete nectar and ...
When we picture beekeeping, most of us imagine jars of golden honey, gentle buzzes in summer gardens, and helpful pollinators doing their thing. However, behind the feel-good image of honeybees lies a ...
When ecologist Rachael Winfree first began studying bees 25 years ago, she happened upon a surprise: a species of plasterer bee in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, not seen in 50 years and suspected to ...
Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...
How does urban honeybee-keeping impact wild bee populations? This is what a recent study published in Peerj hopes to address as a team of researchers examined the adverse effects of urban ...
LYNDEN, Wash. — After an estimated 15 million bees were unleashed by an overturned delivery truck in Whatcom County, cleanup crews have concluded their work and previously closed roads have reopened, ...
LYNDEN, Wash. — After an estimated 15 million bees were unleashed by an overturned delivery truck in Whatcom County, cleanup crews have concluded their work and previously closed roads have reopened, ...