THE BEST IN YEARS.### THE BEE INDUSTRY... WORKING TO RECOVER FROM THIS YEAR'S STORMS... COLD... WET... CONDITIONS HINDERING POLLINATION OF VARIOUS CROPS... <"THERE ...

Though most automatically associate bees with honey, their greatest agricultural significance isn’t related to the hive at all — their true value lies in their work as crop pollinators. About ...

URBANA, Ill. — As the world’s native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry ...

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When you think of a honey bee, you likely first associate it with, well, honey — but if you’ve ever eaten an apple or had a cup of coffee, you’ve benefited from a honey bee, too. Over one-third of the ...

News Pacific NW In cool spring, bees struggle to pollinate Northwest cherry crop May 13, 2022 Updated Fri., May 13, 2022 at 9:42 p.m. One honey bee nestles in a flower and another is in flight at Hood ...

A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus. Other factors, ...

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A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the deadly pathogen throughout their colonies. Between 60% to 70% of the ...