News about bees and beekeeping from around the world
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Honeybees can smother their enemies to death by swarming them, European researchers said.
Scientists who suggested a virus is causing the mysterious deaths of U.S. honeybees believe this virus is deadly mainly when working in conjunction with other factors.
Microbe may be cause of bee colony collapse in U.S., scientists say
The European Union has donated Sh13 million to boost beekeeping management in the country.
Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
A beekeeper who was allergic to bee stings died from anaphylactic shock after being stung as he tended his hive in a Norfolk village.
The mating ritual of the honey bee is a mysterious affair, occurring at dizzying heights in zones identifiable only to a queen and the horde of drones that court her. Now a research team led by the University of Illinois has identified an odorant receptor that allows male drones to find a queen in flight. The receptor, on the male antennae, can detect an available queen up to 60 meters away.
The state is stepping up efforts to combat a destructive mite that’s threatening Hawai’i’s honeybee industry.