As bee populations dwindle globally due to a myriad of factors such as climate change, pesticide use, and habitat loss, the ...

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is sharing a $900,000 grant from the University of California’s Office of the President to establish a four-campus network of bee researchers and ...

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Bryan-College Station locals gather under a tree at First Baptist Church Bryan, fanning themselves with program folders to ...

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 ...

Honey bee pollination services are worth between $250 million and $320 million annually, USDA's Economic Research Service said in a new report, which also valued the honey production market at about ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Bees play a vital role as the world’s primary pollinators ...

The honey bee disaster just got worse. In a new Agriculture Department report about the declining health and numbers of beehives, one of the nation’s leading bee experts said that the federal ...

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 ...

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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In some orchards, when temperatures prime for bee flight finally arrived, the window for blossom pollination had already closed. B. J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers, says the ...