Tag: Honeybees
Beyond honey: 4 essential reads about bees
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
As spring gardening kicks into high gear, bees emerge from hibernation and start moving from...
Honey bees can’t practice social distancing, so they stay healthy in...
Rachael Bonoan, Providence College and Phil Starks, Tufts University
As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is...
Honey bees can’t practice social distancing, so they stay healthy in...
Rachael Bonoan, Providence College and Phil Starks, Tufts University
As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is...
What are Asian giant hornets, and are they really dangerous? 5...
Akito Y Kawahara, University of Florida
Editor’s note: According to recent press reports, two Asian giant hornets – a species not known to occur in...
Lessons from Africa on how to build resilient bee colonies
Neil Rusch, University of the Witwatersrand
Honeybees are under threat globally. These important pollinators are affected by issues of nutrition, habitat loss, pesticides, a changing...
A bee economist explains honey bees’ vital role in growing tasty...
Brittney Goodrich, Auburn University
It’s sometimes reported that one in every three bites of food depends on bees. As is often the case when an...
Why it’s time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides
John F. Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. corn belt is drawing to a close. As they plant,...