Tag: Honeybees
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,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
