News about bees and beekeeping from around the world
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Bees that are high on cocaine behave more altruistically than sober bees do. Scientists report today in The Journal of Experimental Biology that coked-up bees are much more enthusiastic about helping other bees find food.
Nearly every agricultural crop or livestock line has been improved by cross-breeding, resulting in plants and animals that are disease- or insect-resistant and more productive.
What’s causing the unprecedented decline of millions of honeybees? This mystery has been vexing some of the world’s best scientists ever since U.S. beekeepers began noticing enormous numbers of their bees dying off or vanishing for no apparent reason several years ago.
“It could be an indication that something has changed in the environment. If that’s so, it will not be the first time wildlife species have acted as environmental sentinels.”
Blowing into a glass bubble that holds buzzing bees sounds a little kooky. But according to Portugue
se artist Susana Soares, doing so could help detect disease and monitor fertility cycles.
The University was one of 17 colleges awarded a $4.1 million grant to investigate the sudden decline of Georgia honey bee populations.
Vita urges beekeepers to become more proactive to prevent bee deaths
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced today that the Company has launched a new patented product for the agricultural market which has been proven to provide a solution to the growing crisis that threatens 15 billion dollars worth of crops in the US and billions more worldwide. Failure to halt this decline has the potential to decimate agriculture and triple food prices.
Treating a burn with honey from the kitchen cupboard may promote faster healing than a surgical dressing.
An enhanced-line honey bee stock developed by University of California, Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, that crosses her bee line “New World Carnolians” with “Old World” Carnolians from Germany, shows genetic promise in aiding the troubled bee industry, research reveals.