Bees

—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…

Migratory hoverflies are "key" to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows.University of Exeter scientists studied the movements of migratory hoverflies and were surprised to find up to four bill…

Migratory hoverflies are "key" to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied the movements of migratory hoverflies and were surprised to find up to four bi…

Migratory hoverflies are "key" to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied the movements of migratory hoverflies and were surprised to find up to four bi…

Baby plants aren’t delivered by stork; they fly in on the hairy little legs of bees. Subscribe to theCrunchbase Daily Several upstart companies are offering pollination as a service, deploying boxes of bees on-prem to help farmers increase crop yields. One …

The total number of honey bee colonies across Europe plunged 16% over the winter 201718, according to COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes), an international, non-profit organization based in Switzerland, tasked with the goals of protecting honey bee…

Oracle and The World Bee Project are set to expand their partnership after trialling the use of cloud and internet of things (IoT) technology to better understand honey bee populations and the serious threats facing them. During the Hive Network trial, which…

Carson Citys first bee hotel already was abuzz with business before the public even had its first look at it during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning behind the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center at 1535 Medical Parkway. Carson City was named the first Bee Ci…

Over the years, there have been viral recommendations to place a spoon filled with sugar in your backyard. This time of year (summer) bees can often look like they are dying or dead, however, they’re far from it. Bees can become tired and they simply don’t h…

Adverse weather conditions, natural disasters and unsolvable queen problems resulted in the loss of 16 per cent honeybee colonies in 36 countries in the winter of 2017-18, according to a study published in a scientific journal this week. For the study, scien…