honeybees

Dr Andreagiovanni Reina, Research Associate in Collective Robotics in the University of Sheffield's Department of Computer Science, said: "This study is exciting because it suggests that honeybee colonies adhere to the same laws as the brain when making collective decisions. "The study also supports ...

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.

People sighting a swarm of honeybees may call the hotline at 530-675-2924 for a qualified beekeeper to retrieve and remove the swarm. This service is only for honeybees and does not include yellow jackets, bumblebees, hornets, or wasps, according to a release. Swarms of honeybees are a natural ...

He has participated in recent USDA and Harvard studies of honeybees, seeking answers to the threats they face to survival. Nationally, and in Massachusetts, honeybee populations are in decline, likely resulting from parasitic varroa mites, new pesticides and diminished flora. But beekeeping is on the rise.

The business idea was born from necessity for Angela Blackham, the queen bee and owner of The Southern Beekeeper in Huntingtown. The Southern Beekeeper offers a line of handmade, beeswax-based hair and skin care products, made straight from the hive to help heal, sooth, moisturize, clean, ...

Wyndham Lewis also gives readers a look into the world and history of honeybees, showing why it is so important that they stick around. In the following excerpt, she tells readers her favorite honeybee facts. The more we learn about honeybees, the more fascinating they are. They live not as individuals, but as a ...

We're just days away from the first day of Spring and as temperatures start to warm up, local beekeepers are warning folks that you may start to see swarms of honey bees pop up on your property. The swarm may be hanging from a tree or some kind of structure. If you see one, don't panic or call an ...

Honeybees are the primary insect pollinators of U.S. crops, which are valued at $17 billion annually, but their population is in significant decline. Michelle Flenniken, Montana State University microbiologist and co-director of MSU's Pollinator Health Center, will discuss the honeybee crisis and ways to ...

Public Enemy No. 1 for honey bees has another target on its back. The Honey Bee Health Coalition announced today that it has collaborated with an international team of 12 scientists to secure more than $475,000 in grant funds from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to facilitate the testing ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition has secured research funding to treat Varroa mite infestations. The Honey Bee Health Coalition collaborated with an international team of 12 scientists to secure more than $475,000 in grant funds from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to facilitate the testing of chemical ...

However, recently I happened on a book that describes how, every year, wild honeybees set out as a swarm to choose a new hive, as they have been doing for about 100 million years. It is a critical life-or-death, group decision-making process that Professor Thomas D. Seeley describes in his fascinating ...

The almond industry contributes an estimated $21 billion annually to California's economy and it is completely dependent on honeybees for its existence. For eight years the Wonderful Company, the world's largest almond grower, had been funding a large research project to breed another commercial ...

Dozens of young honey bees swirled and buzzed through the air on the warm, late June day. The two undergraduates, though, weren't sure how to proceed. Collecting bees for research purposes isn't covered in most classes. UNC Greensboro's Sara Rubio Correa and Erin Estes, a Northern Michigan ...

... resilience and colony health of honey bees. Seshadri will study the impact of nutrition and metabolic capacity on honeybee health. “Our project will examine the different phytochemicals available in pollen and determine their role in honey bee stress resilience and Varroa mite tolerance,” said Seshadri.

Honeybee larvae develop into queen bees only when they are fed large quantities of a food known as royal jelly. ... Because these proteins exist in this way just in honeybees, they most likely use them to do something very special." ... How Honeybees Defy Gravity with Royal Jelly to Raise Queens. Current ...