honeybee colonies

However, the number of U.S. honey bee colonies has remained stable or risen between 1996 and 2016, the study found, with winter loss rates having no negative correlation with yearly changes in the number of U.S. colonies and loss rates having a positive correlation with the rate of colony additions.

Since the program started, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has issued at least 730 grants across the commonwealth creating more than 2,200 honeybee colonies. The average grant payment was about $470 with payments ranging from $66.72 to $2,400 per person.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered that looking at honeybees in a colony in the same way as neurons in a brain could help us ... Department of Computer Science, said: "This study is exciting because it suggests that honeybee colonies adhere to the same laws as the brain when ...

“This study is exciting because it suggests that honeybee colonies adhere to the same laws as the brain when making collective decisions,” co-author Andreagiovannia Reina, Ph.D. explained in a statement ... When the honeybees reach a collective agreement for the same option, the colony moves.

Even then, honeybees are not threatened with extinction as the number of managed honeybee hives has grown worldwide. At most, pesticides might provide additional stress to the bees but are unlikely a major cause of colony loss. Given the fact that neonics have a lower impact than other pesticides, such ...

Tree fruit growers have long relied on managed honeybee colonies to pollinate crops, but researchers in Utah are wondering if there's another bee that might ... While honeybees work together as a colony to produce honey, blue orchard bees are solitary — they don't care for each other or collaborate, ...

Colorado State University researcher wins grant to investigate honey bee health ... The grant is for study on the impact of phytochemicals and nutritional diversity on stress resilience and colony health of honey bees. Seshadri will study the impact of nutrition and metabolic capacity on honeybee health.