Bees

Abstract Climate warming has the potential to disrupt plant-pollinator interactions or to increase competition of co-flowering plants for pollinators, due to species-specific phenological responses to temperature. However, studies focusing on the effect of t…

The numbers arent improving for bees in the US, and scientists still havent figured out what exactly is causing the problem. Over the last year, American beekeepers reported losing about 41% of their honey-bee colonies, a 3% increase in the loss recorded in …

MUCH GUFF has been written in recent years about the risk of honey bees disappearing. They are notwhich is hardly surprising, because unlike most other insects they are domesticated animals and their numbers are therefore controlled ultimately by human desire…

In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. A lot of their bees were dead or sick. Beekeepers reported losing as much as half their hives over the winter. Jack Brumley…

A female Habropoda laboriosa, better known as the southeastern blueberry bee. USGS/Pubic Domain Across the Southeast United States, rabbiteye blueberry farming is big business. A staple of Southern agriculture, these firm, frosty blue orbs are relatively eas…

This is the second piece of a series on sustainability in Provençal vineyards. The first story introduced the concept of the HauteValeur Environnementale (HVE) process and revealed the work of the Centre de Recherche et d'Expérimentation sur le Vin Rosé(Cente…

Updated June 18, 2019 09:20:35 A chemical used to control pests in agricultural crops and termites in buildings has been blamed for the death of up to 10 million bees in southern New South Wales. Key points: A bee poisoning is estimated to have cost apia…

California almond farmers who depend on commercial bee hives to pollinate their lucrative crops would benefit from increased efforts to protect essential bee foraging territory in northern prairie states, according a University of California, Berkeley, resear…

IMAGE: Southeast blueberry bees are best at pollinating rabbiteye blueberries. view more  Credit: Photo credit Blair Sampson, ARS. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019--Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators--partic…

—Pollination is one of the most important biological processes on the planet. Without it, most crops and wild plants could not reproduce; it supports animals, food chains and entire ecosystems. 75% of the crops consumed by humans need insect pollination to su…