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PCT Magazine
November 30, 2017
The international trade in honey bees and honey bee products that has enabled the global spread of pathogens such as Varroa destructor, tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi), Nosema cerana, small hive beetle ... Collecting semen from a drone honey bee that will be used to artificially inseminate a queen bee.
University Observer Online
November 22, 2017
They found that individual honeybees have a bias for flying left or right. ... improve technologies for organising swarms of manmade drones.
GenomeWeb
November 16, 2017
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Africanized honeybees, or killer bees, that were ... Still, representatives from the Puerto Rican honeybee colonies considered ... to do whole-genome paired-end sequencing on all 90 drone bees, ... both from other Africanized honey bees and from European honey bees."Â ...
Petaluma Argus Courier
November 11, 2017
(1 of 14) Bees feed from the flowers in Kate and Ben Frey's home garden in Hopland on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The Frey's gardens have ...
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
November 8, 2017
-Honey bees ... -There are an estimated 2.7 million managed honeybee colonies in the ... almond industry depends entirely on the honey bee for pollination at bloom time. Honeybees and other pollinators are essential for maintaining floral ... by at least one half of the worker bees and some of the drones.
The Republic
November 6, 2017
The beehive, which is home to 30,000 honeybees, has been on St. .... “Honey bees are obviously endangered, so it's good to keep hives going.” ... of the colony; and the drone, the male that starts out as an unfertilized egg.
Plattsburgh Press Republican
November 5, 2017
honey bees; ... There are an estimated 2.7 million managed honeybee colonies in the U.S. today, ... by at least one-half of the worker bees and some of the drones. ... If you have a honey bee swarm on your property and would like to have ... Would you like to learn more about honeybees and other wild and ...
Newsweek
November 3, 2017
When flying through obstacles, individual honeybees display distinct ... could potentially be used as strategy for steering a fleet of drone aircraft.
CBC.ca
November 2, 2017
... of wild bees, researcher says · Honeybees that groom better may repel ... get mated at all, or they only mate with a small number of drones.".
Estherville Daily News
October 31, 2017
It is Carly's goal to educate and inform about honeybees, and help people ... Drones are male bees whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen. ... "Honey bees are an indicator species which, if they are dying, then something ... would see an impact to production without the honey bee around to help.
Sputnik International
October 31, 2017
More than 30 people were hospitalized in India after drones – er, from a nearby hive – sallied forth against a peaceful burial procession.
Genetic Literacy Project
October 27, 2017
Neonicotinoid insecticides may hurt honey bee colony health by reducing ... In social species such as the honeybee, Apis mellifera, queens are ... with significantly fewer drones at the same DCAs [Drone Congregation Areas].
Popular Mechanics
October 26, 2017
Once it's back up in the air, this little drone that could is free to flap away with its honeybee-inspired wings. While the mini-machine mostly ...
Wilkes Journal Patriot
October 20, 2017
An up close and personal look at a honey bee exhibit at the Brushy Mountain ... area where a 4x4x8 foot cage with live honeybees was just beginning to draw a crowd. ... Townes said those insects are far more aggressive than honey bees. ... There is one queen and the remaining are drones or male bees.
R & D Magazine
October 19, 2017
The key to designing the next generation of drones could reside in the animal kingdom. ... assistant to real honeybees as these bugs are facing a rapid decline in population, ... to a drone the size of a power adapter, reported Business Insider. ... pollen from flowers in the same manner as a honeybee would.
WiscNews
October 16, 2017
... of Wisconsin's heritage depicted in the maze are a honeybee, the state .... Son Thomas, at 19, uses a drone to help monitor how the design is ...
Wareham Week
October 15, 2017
There are three types of honey bee: worker, drone and queen. ... The drones are evicted from the hive during the winter and left to die so they ...
Wareham Week
October 14, 2017
There are three types of honey bee: worker, drone and queen. ... The drones are evicted from the hive during the winter and left to die so they ...
Aiken Standard
September 30, 2017
Males, also known as drones, have only one function: to mate with the queen. A study in Australia, where European honeybees have been introduced ... of worker bees that were the offspring of a single queen and a single drone. ... The honeybee findings are as captivating as the insects themselves, and ...
Deccan Chronicle
September 30, 2017
The sound of the drone is similar to the buzz of honey bee which ... The Tamil Nadu forest department also found a new use of the drones, ...
Reading Eagle
September 24, 2017
"You think honeybees make honey so we can have honey," she said. ... bees, undertaker bees, nurse bees, guard bees and drone bees.
The Keene Sentinel
September 22, 2017
Turner marvels at how a honey bee colony functions as one ... Drones, the male bees, live until they have served the purpose of ... huge danger to honey bees, as is the widespread use of pesticides, including neonicotinoids.
The Conversation UK
September 18, 2017
But male bees, known as drones, are normally “haploid”, produced from the queen's unfertilised ... In honey bees (Apis mellifera), they are.
Sampson Independent
September 17, 2017
One issue that affects honeybee colonies is the Varroa Mite. ... (male bees) brood by uncapping drone cells and inspecting the larvae for mites.
WTHR
July 24, 2017
Indiana native develops honey bee drone ... SYRACUSE, Ind. (Goshen News) — A declining honey bee population ... which is the catastrophic depletion of the honeybee population caused by the ... As an industrial design major, Haldewang said she wanted to demonstrate that drones could be used for ...
Business Insider
March 9, 2017
A team of Japanese researchers have succeeded in using a pocket-sized drone to pollinate a flower, taking the first steps towards creating a ...
Flying Magazine
February 28, 2017
The ever-dwindling population of honeybees in North America and ... the survival tracking charts, nearly 45 percent of honeybee colonies still die annually. A group of Japanese scientists, however, believe a tiny drone could ...
Flying Magazine
February 28, 2017
The ever-dwindling population of honeybees in North America and ... the survival tracking charts, nearly 45 percent of honeybee colonies still die annually. A group of Japanese scientists, however, believe a tiny drone could ...
Christian Science Monitor
February 10, 2017
After studying honeybees, Eijiro Miyako, a senior researcher at the ... They tried affixed horsehairs to the drone and then added the ionic gel.
Reader's Digest
December 31, 1999
But this cluster breakdown leaves out the third caste of bees, the male drone bees, because all are left out in the cold to die. The lifespan ... Drones tend to live only a few weeks and will die either after mating with the queen or after failing to mate with the queen and then being left out in the cold to die from starvation (brutal).
Times of India
December 31, 1999
Basavaraj Patil, district forest conservator, said, "Honey bees were disturbed by the drone's sound. Only one bee stung the forest minister. Belagavi range forest officer Shrinath Kadolkar and working plan deputy forest conservator KS Hiremath sustained injuries due to multiple stings and went to a private ...
The Hindu
December 31, 1999
Come November, the sleepy hamlet of Araku, nestled in the Eastern Ghats, turns a spectacular shade of yellow. It's in this season that niger ...
Flying Magazine
December 31, 1999
Working with drone manufacturer Honeybee Robotics, ERAU is now developing a partial-gravity test-bed for mounting its small sampling ...
goanacortes
December 31, 1999
People have been keeping honey bees for thousands of years, ... She estimates that each hive contains about 80 pounds of honey — bee food to survive ... About 10 to 15 percent of a hive's bees are male, or drones, whose ...
Sampson Independent
September 28, 2017
One issue that affects honeybee colonies is the Varroa Mite. ... (male bees) brood by uncapping drone cells and inspecting the larvae for mites.
The Conversation UK
September 18, 2017
But male bees, known as drones, are normally “haploid”, produced from the queen's unfertilised ... In honey bees (Apis mellifera), they are.
Phys.Org
September 14, 2017
In some bee species, workers can produce drones, but this adaptation may create a ... European honeybees clearly exhibit chemical castration.
Clemson Newsstand
September 14, 2017
Clemson, UNCG researchers test honey bee response to eclipse ... The lives of honey bees are intertwined with the sun. .... Tsuruda and the UNCG team removed both worker bees and drones from a hive, ... “We wanted to see if there was a difference between a worker bee and a drone in terms of theirÃÂ ...
Wilkes Journal Patriot
September 12, 2017
Drones that don't die after mating perish when worker bees push them out ... Leave it to honeybees to come up with the strongest, most efficientÃÂ ...
The Register
September 5, 2017
Rise of the Insects A Jersey-based drone was brutally attacked by a ... says: "As a highly effective predator of insects, including honey bees andÃÂ ...
WLOS
August 31, 2017
Local artist Matthew Willey is working on a honey bee mural at Wild ... Willey said he wants people to know how important honey bees are andÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
August 29, 2017
Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more ... Two drone pupae of the Western honeybee infected with Varroa mites.
Business Insider
August 29, 2017
Well, honeybees have been beset with a number of diseases and pests in the ... There are 2.7 million honeybee colonies in this country today. ... If a queen drops an egg and does not drop a sperm on top of it, it turns into a drone. ... So as long as a queen has eggs she can make all of the drones she wants.
amNY
August 29, 2017
The Sixth Avenue hotel is now the home of 450,000 honeybees that ... Conrad Hilton — and their loyal drones arrived in a checkered cab on aÃÂ ...
The-review
August 27, 2017
The Alliance Kiwanis Club recently learned about honey bees ... There are three classes of honeybees -- the queen, workers and drones.
San Mateo Daily Journal
August 26, 2017
“In a honeybee hive there is one queen and 20,000 bees,” said Nori. ... consist of a queen, female workers, male drones and developing young bees. ... also prove dangerous to honeybees because they often bring the poison back ... “Our honey bee colony is just one small hive, but we are hoping throughÃÂ ...
Michigan Radio
August 17, 2017
Varroa mites are considered the worst pest of honey bees worldwide. The mites suck blood from the bees and transmit viruses to them.
Jersey Shore Online
August 16, 2017
The drones, or male honeybees, do nothing in the hive. ... The drone cells, which hatch in 14 days, have a hump or a bullet head shape. ... “The queen looks like a honeybee, but she's a little bit longer; you can buy a queenÃÂ ...
Pine Journal
August 14, 2017
Unlike native bees, individual honeybees and bumblebees cannot survive alone. ... A honeybee colony consists of three kinds of adult bees: a queen, drones and worker bees. ... The queen is easily distinguished from drones and workers as her body is much ... Drone life expectancy is about 90 days.
Virginian-Pilot
August 12, 2017
A honey bee forages on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), a native bee balm highly attractive to honey bees and bumble bees. ... A honeybee nectars on Hoary Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum incanum). ... a single queen with thousands of female worker bees, and a much smaller number of male drones.
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