A new study finds that the honeybee heat shock protein gene AccDnaJC28 is induced by heat, cold, pesticides, and UV stress and influences bee survival under heat. Chemical and radiation stressors induced the gene as well. Because these stressors are known…
‘Les didn’t wear gloves as he needed to be able to feel the bees so he didn’t crush them. He looks like something out of The Odyssey’The jumping-off point for my Bare Handed series was a bird becoming trapped in…
When female wasps return to the colony after foraging, some females initiate aggressive encounters with males and stuff them -- head first -- into empty nest cells, according to Cornell University research reported in the Oct. 2 issue of the scientific journal Nature.
How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so a research team led by Penn State entomologists examined bee physical traits -- such as sex…
An RFID tracking study found that sublethal oral doses of fenobucarb and carbendazim did not consistently impair honey bee homing success, return time, or out-of-hive trip frequency over 24 hours. Subject of Research: RFID-based tracking of sublethal effects of fenobucarb and…
Fewer bee colonies were lost last winter in Northern Ireland, new figures show. The annual honey bee husbandry survey by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) found about one-in-four colonies were lost in 2025/26, compared to a third in 2024/25. About half…
WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Drought and extreme heat have added to the challenges facing Colorado’s farmers, plants and wildlife, including bees. In Weld County, one community member is raising money to safely relocate a bee colony living inside a cottonwood tree…
Bees navigate to flowers using invisible chemical signals that plants send through the air, but something in our atmosphere is quietly erasing those signals. Scientists have now measured just how badly this affects a pollinator's ability to do its job.
An international research group examined which plants honeybees favour when collecting nectar and pollen. The choices honeybees make have an impact on their health and also on humans, as honeybees pollinate important crop plants. Honeybees have been considered generalists when…
Keeping a beehive might seem like a straightforward way to help pollinators. But the honeybees in that hive share flowers with wild bees and other insects, and those neighbors do not always get an equal chance to feed. Researchers in…
Hives, honey harvest, and helping pollinators thrive at home.
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