Bees

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Insects are fundamental to the functioning of land and freshwater ecosystems. They permeate all aspects of these ecosystems, chewing and pooing, pollinating, seed spreading and affecting each other's population levels through predation and parasitism. They also provide ecological processes of vital importance for frogs, lizards, birds…

“Everyone wants honey. But no one wants the bees near them,” says 34-year-old Pune city resident Amit Godse of Bee Basket, who runs a business extricating beehives from neighbourhoods that don’t like them. Godse then relocates the beehives to wooded areas or farmlands bordering the city or sends them to…

IMAGE: Researchers isolated trees to assess effects of bee activity. view more  Credit: Drs. Saez and Negri Pollination by bees is vital even when crops are assumed to be pollinator independent. That's according to a study co-authored by Ethel Villalobos, a researcher in the University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of…

Several media outlets -- namely National Public Radio -- are touting a tall tale that climate change is decimating bee populations throughout North America. The (false) alarm is based on a February 7 study published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The study, however, is deeply flawed and…

Instead of developing it into townhouses, the City of Atlanta recently voted to transform a vacant, old, overgrown pecan farm into a food forest. The 7-acre public park will feature fruit-producing trees, shrubs and vines along walking trails, a community vegetable garden and restored native forest and stream-side areas by…

If you’re like many people, there are two facts that are true about you: you want to eat healthier foods and you had no idea that there is a crisis facing the bee population all over the world. You may have also not realised that these two facts are actually…

AbstractThe assembly of the seed microbiota involves some early microbial seed colonizers that are transmitted from the maternal plant through the vascular system, while other microbes enter through the stigma. Thus, the seed microbiota consists of microbes not only recruited from the plant vascular tissues, but also from the flower.…

By Hallie Gu and Shivani SinghBEIJING (Reuters) - Beekeepers in China, the world's top honey producer, are bracing for a bleak start to the key spring pollinating season as travel curbs aimed at containing a coronavirus outbreak keep them at home while their bees go without food for weeks.Jue, a…

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationThe spring of 2008 was brutal for Europe’s honeybees. In late April and early May, during the corn-planting season, dismayed beekeepers in Germany’s upper Rhine valley looked on as whole colonies perished. Millions…

There’s some serious buzz around the Mandarin Oriental, Paris hotel, and not just from guests. High on the rooftops, supplying the business with the honey that goes into its desserts and cocktails are 100,000 bees, living comfortably amidst two hives set up by French beekeeper Audric de Campeau. Audric de…