Bees

1 INTRODUCTION Infectious diseases have significant impacts on agricultural sustainability (Brijnath, Butler, & McMichael, 2014) and profitability (James, 1981). A key question is how agricultural intensification and novel agricultural practices impact t…

Trees are a low-tech, high-efficiency way to offset much of humankinds negative impact on the climate. Whats even better, we have plenty of room for a lot more of them. A new study conducted by researchers at Switzerlands ETH-Zürich, published in Science ,…

Recent budget cuts by the Trump Administration slashed funding for the US Department of Agriculture's annual Honey Bee Colonies report that has recently detailed a collapse in the bee population across the nation. Now researchers will be observing a new study…

Warnings of an impending "bee apocalypse" became widespread in 2006, after some commercial beekeepers reported the mass disappearance of worker honeybees from a substantial proportion of their hives, leaving behind larva, young bees, queen bees, and supplies …

The city of Utrecht now has 316 bus stops with rooftops covered in greenery Recently, the Utrecht council saw an opportunity to expand the functions of a regular bus stop by giving them a new wholesome purpose: To tackle the growing endangerment of bees. Utr…

OTSU, SHIGA PREF. - There’s been plenty of debate about the global decline of honey bee colonies in recent years, with experts blaming the deaths on factors such as the use of neonicotinoids on crops, the spread of varroa mites and the impact of climate chang…

DanielPrudek/iStock/Getty Bees are in a world of trouble right now. A few years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency took some steps to protect the insects by limiting the use of an insecticide called sulfoxaflor. Made by Corteva, the agricultural arm…

Bumblebees could be teetering on the verge of extinction in Ireland in another 30 years if measures aren't taken to save them from dying off.The latest EU Grassland Butterfly Index, which has just been released from recordings on 6,200 walks across 15 differe…

Some 90 miles north of Manhattana winding two-hour drive from the downtown lofts that saw his art star rise in a haze of camaraderie and excessDan Colen is doing his best Old MacDonald. Chickens, bees, two-month-old lambs prancing through fields of clover, la…

Reader Tony Eales from Australia sent some lovely ant photos. His notes are indented: Ants, eating and being eaten. Im a big fan of ants, and am currently trying my hand at keeping and raising colonies from queens. Its a fun and relatively cheap hobby that I…