Posts for tag "honeybee"
For Some Bees, Climate Change Could Be Good
The latest scientific buzz is that climate change could be good for certain bees, according to a press release from Pensoft Publishers. Australian small carpenter bees’ numbers seemed to have increased exponentially after the previous Ice Age.The...
- Posted June 10, 2016
Goldenrod Pollen Less Nutritious For Bees Due To Climate Change
Yet another factor has emerged that is putting stress on bee colonies: Goldenrod pollen is now less nutritious than it used to be. It contains about a third less protein than it did around the beginning of...
- Posted May 6, 2016
Bee Decline Across United States Shown In Map
Pollinators are important for food production all over the world. In the U.S., it’s estimated that $3 billion of the agricultural economy depends on the services of creatures like butterflies, bats and bees to pollinate and grow...
- Posted January 5, 2016
USGS Study Finds Neonicotinoids In Over Half Of Sampled U.S. Streams
A study from the USGS has found concentrations of a controversial class of insecticides in more than half of streams sampled in the U.S.
- Posted August 27, 2015
Single-cell parasite may be responsible in part for global honeybee colony decline
Declines in honeybee colonies across the world over the past decade have left many ecologists scratching their heads. While pesticides have taken much of the blame, new research from the University of California San Diego suggests that...
- Posted June 2, 2015
USDA plans new surveys and funding for honeybee decline
With an eye towards reversing the current honeybee decline, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to get a better idea of how many honeybee colonies are lost each year and determine...
- Posted November 20, 2014
