Author: admin

Honey bees in a struggle for survival Disease, mites, strong and over-applied pesticides and herbicides and other contributing negative factors are decreasing their numbers quickly and dramatically. Check out this story on tallahassee.com: https://www … Source: Honey & Bee

Professor Phil Lester of Victoria University told Seven Sharp wasps are attacking honey bees and beech forests and costing the country an estimated $130-million a year. “If you walk through our beech forests right now, you’ll hear the drone of wasps … Source: Honey & Bee

Hive-bound young honey bees (Apis mellifera) are being poisoned by insecticide and weed killer gathered by their foraging hive mates, according to new research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The chemicals cause brain damage in young … Source: Honey & Bee

“They are maybe 20, 30 times more aggressive than regular honey bees,” Pyong Livingston told KFOX. “So they swarmed us, and they started biting me all over, even with the suits.” Killer bees are officially known as Africanized bees and got that … Source: Honey & Bee

Humans and honey bees go way back. We’ve been raiding their hives for honey for at least 10,000 years, and we domesticated them almost 5,000 years ago. Not only do they provide sticky sweet goodness, but we also use our tiniest livestock to produce our … Source: Honey & Bee

The air around begins to ring with a growing buzz. Soon, swarms of honey bees envelop his fingertips. Calm and collected, Radhakrishnan holds up the frame that swells with waxy honeycomb. “If you treat the bees like your own children, they’ll return … Source: Honey & Bee

PULLMAN, Wash. – Honey bee colonies could be saved from collapse in the future thanks to a microscopic particle that attracts pesticides, as created by Washington State University researchers. Consider this: A grain of salt weighs 58,500 nanograms. Source: Honey & Bee

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a particle that could save honey bee colonies from collapse. The microparticle works when ingested by a bee and absorbs pesticide toxins in the bee’s body. As the particle passes through a bee … Source: Honey & Bee

MARMUL DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN — In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all, but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created sweet opportunities to work and own a business in a country where few women do so. Three … Source: Honey & Bee

Differing from Honey Bees, Mason Bees have a long wait for their first supper — namely the time it takes for a human to have a baby — nine long months. But where they do have a leg up — or stinger as the case may be — they do beat out their humming ……