Bees

IMAGE: A buff-tailed bumblebee collects pollen and nectar from a red clover flower. view more  Credit: American Chemical Society The story of neonicotinoids is growing more nuanced. Europe has banned outdoor use of three of these insecticides to protect b…

Mass-flowering crops provide forage for bees but also contain pesticides. Such pesticide exposure can harm bees, but our understanding of how this cost is balanced by forage benefits is limited. To provide insights into benefits and costs, we placed bumblebee…

MyCoWorks leather band made from mushrooms. MyCoWorks Shiitake, oyster, reishi who knew there were so many remarkable uses for mushrooms? From the creation of innovative leather and plastic alternatives to eco-friendly funeral garments, more and more prod…

If their honey-making and pollination prowess werent enough, theres a new reason to appreciate honeybees: Theyre world-class surfers. Beyond pollinating flowers, worker bees which are all females are given the job of searching for water to cool their hives. …

Scientists placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees fared over the growing season. To the researchers' surprise, the bees did well for much of the summer. The colonies thrived and gained weight, building up their honey st…

"Sioux Honey beekeepers have been able to pursue this incredible livelihood for a century now because we have the freedom and safety to do so. We can do what we do thanks to the American military," said Rob Buhmann, chair of the Sioux Honey board. "That's why…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees fared over the growing season. To the researchers' surprise, the bees did well for much of the summer. The colonies thrived and gained weight, buildin…

On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the P…

Introduction Pollination plays an important role in the ecosystem and drives the evolutionary divergence of plants . The western honey bee (Apis mellifera Linnaeus) is the most important pollinator of fruits and vegetable crops in the world . A honey b…

Dwindling honeybee colonies will soon enjoy nutrient-rich feeders with new mycotechnology. Getty The honeybee can really use a little leg up. Since 2006 and the first discovery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in North America, honeybee losses have conti…