News about bees and beekeeping from around the world
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is out this week with a special report on the global honey industry that will leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
More than three-fifths of U.S. honeybee losses may be the result of Colony Collapse Disorder.
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.
A large feral beehive was found today by Hawai`i Department of Agriculture staff and about 60 varroa mites were collected from a sample of 5,400 bees from that hive.
Crews from the state Department of Agriculture found two new sites with varroa mites, a potentially damaging pest to the local honey industry.
Numbers of bees, birds and other pollinating animals are declining, posing a threat to the survival of thousands of plants used for food, fibers and medicines, according to scientists and government officials at the eighth annual international conference of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC).
Sioux Honey, the world’s largest honey marketing organization, has partnered with researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, Texas, and a Pennsylvania manufacturer, Sylvan Bioproducts, to develop a fungus control to fight off the parasitic bees.
There’s nothing like a shipwreck tale of mystery and intrigue to draw a weekday crowd to the Washington State Capital Museum for a noon-hour lecture.
Honey bee specialists at UC Davis are working closely with the California State Apiary Board to help maintain a healthy bee population in the Golden State.
A mysterious phenomenon that has devastated honey bee colonies across the nation has spread to Southwest Florida.