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Beekeeping & Pollinators
Hives, honey harvest, and helping pollinators thrive at home.
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CT conservation forest looks to restore habitat for native bees. Why it’s critical to dozens of species.
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (564+ words) Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk and Canaan, one of the largest conservation easements in the Northeast, is calling for volunteers to help support native forest bees as pollinators continue to see declines in their population. Some of the most important…...
A 70,000 pound load of honey bees rolled into a Washington ditch under a first estimate of 250 million insects loose, and the figure that survived a calculator was 14 million
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (773+ words) A farm road in the far northwest corner of Washington, a few miles short of the Canadian line. Before dawn on a Friday in late spring, a semitrailer takes a tight corner badly and goes over. Its load is 70,000 pounds…...
Could we survive in a world without bees?
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (500+ words) CORDIS | European Commission Honeybees are vital to many crops, but would their loss mean ecological collapse? Our expert Yann Clough explores the buzz behind the headlines. Honeybees offer us far more than just honey. They are an essential element in…...
Scything volunteers trained to help protect rare bee population
3+ day, 38+ min ago (275+ words) A new team of volunteer scythers are being trained to help restore historic meadows and save one of Britain's rarest bees. Muchelney Abbey in Somerset, which is managed by English Heritage, is encouraging the ancient method of cutting grass to…...
Giant beehive nearly 1m long spotted at Bukit Batok HDB estate; residents fear being stung
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (332+ words) A nearly one-metre-long beehive has been spotted in a tree at a Bukit Batok HDB estate, sparking safety concerns among residents. The beehive was found on a tree-lined lawn near the roadside junction of Bukit Batok West Avenue 2 and Avenue…...
In 1984, NASA Sent 3,301 Bees to Space and They Built Comb in Seven Days
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (463+ words) 3,301 honeybees rode aboard NASA’s STS-41C mission, launched April 6, 1984, to see whether a colony could build hexagonal comb in microgravity. After early disorientation, the bees produced about 200 cm² of functional comb with thicker walls and smaller cells, while the queen laid roughly…...
Beekeeper reacts after driver seen running over bees in Scott’s Addition
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (613+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — A strange discovery involving a bucket of honey bees in Scott’s Addition has taken another turn after new cellphone video appeared to show a driver running over the bees on the sidewalk. The bees were first discovered earlier…...
Exotic Trees in Cities Attract Giant Resin Bee
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (878+ words) Mirage News A research group from the UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine demonstrates that the proliferation of exotic vegetation is one of the main mechanisms explaining biological invasions. The giant resin bee (Megachile sculpturalis), native to Asia, is the first…...
A 1.5-acre cemetery in upstate New York carries the pollinating force of more than 200 honeybee hives, because roughly 5.5 million solitary mining bees nest beneath its lawns — each female digging her own burrow, with no hive and no queen among them
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (29+ words) Rachel Fordyce used to save on parking. A technician in a Cornell University entomology lab in Ithaca, New York, she left her car at a plaza and cut across...
Monarch researcher spies endangered bumblebee in Linn County
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (160+ words) A rare bumblebee was spotted in eastern Iowa and one expert says it’s a sign habitat conservation efforts could be helping the federally-endangered species. Danielle Holthaus is a research station manager for Monarch Research in Linn County, and she confirms…...