Bees

While the nation buzzes about the massive die-off of honeybees, native bumblebees are quietly going extinct. Although their role as pollinators contributes approximately $4 billion dollars to the countrys food system, honeybees are not native to the United St…

Tara Vander Dussen, environmental scientist and dairy farmer at New Mexico Milkmaid, spoke about sustainability efforts her farm is practicing at the 2019 Forbes AgTech Summit. Matt Kang for Forbes When we think of bees, we often picture them in flower fiel…

Insects make up the bulk of terrestrial diversity (1). Reports of insect declines, best documented in Europe and North America, suggest that 40% of insect species in temperate countries may face extinction over the next few decades (2), although this figure i…

Surging almond production means bees are more in demand than ever, proving a lucrative opportunity for thieves who want to make a quick buck. Bee theft is the perfect inside job: A thief making off with hives looks no different from the owner…

Many species of wild bumblebees are in declineand new research shows that diseases spread by domestic honeybees may be a major culprit. Several of the viruses associated with bumblebees trouble are moving from managed bees in apiaries to nearby populations o…

Those honeybees youve been fretting over are getting native bumblebees sick. A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to wild bee species. This is potentially a much bigger conservation disaster than the better-known honeybee…

Coffee, apples, honey were it not for the precious work of pollinators, countless things that we eat and drink would not exist, totalling more than 30% of global food production. Most pollinators are insects, particularly from the bee family (close to a thous…

There are still cowboys driving livestock across the world in 2019. While most of us are snoozing, theyre rolling up to dark fields with trucks full of creatures that are critical to global agriculture: thousands and thousands of bees. Very few people know t…

Climate change is altering the smell of rosemary, affecting its quality and quantity Grégoire Lannoy/Flickr Coffee, apples, honey – were it not for the precious work of pollinators, countless things that we eat and drink would not exist, totalling more than 3…

There are still cowboys driving livestock across America in 2019. While most of us are snoozing, theyre rolling up to dark fields with trucks full of creatures that are critical to our nations agriculture: thousands and thousands of bees. Very few people kno…