The US has approved use of the world's first vaccine for honey bees. It was engineered to prevent fatalities from American foulbrood disease, a bacterial condition known to weaken colonies by ...
Everyone knows the honeybee, but many may be surprised to learn that this iconic insect originally came to the US from Europe, or that it’s just one of about 20,000 species of bees worldwide, with the ...
The number of bee colonies in the United States has grown in recent years ... conservation tactics can benefit both honeybees and native bees. Avoiding the use of pesticides is a boon to all ...
Reference: Quinlan GM, Doser JW, Kammerer MA, Grozinger CM. Estimating genus-specific effects of non-native honey bees and urbanization on wild bee communities: A case study in Maryland, United States ...
She notes that migrating honeybees can help with the reproduction of certain native plant species ... 30,000 worker bees. Such “outapiaries” developed in the US in the early 20th Century.
Stingless bees gather near the entrance to their hive ... So in 1950, he sent stingless bee hives all over the United States – where the Brazilian species Plebeia emerina didn’t exist.
Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950 ... 90% of its population in North America since the 1990s. Bees aren’t faring any better. More than a quarter of ...
And, according to the Tufts Pollinator Initiative, “About 30% of New England’s native bees build nests above ground ... a great way to support these above-ground nesting bees is to leave dead ...
Using the University of Minnesota Insect Collection, a team of bee researchers at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is tracking and studying native bees in the hope of understanding ...