A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did ...

In the face of colony collapse, some beekeepers are foregoing insecticides and opting instead to breed bees with ...

Professor Philipp Engel in UNIL's Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF) in Dorigny has set his sights on the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). They are a relatively simple system to study ...

Worldwide, there are eight different species of honeybees, the only insect that produces a food edible to humans: honey. Celebrate World Bee Day by ... and yellow bands. Western honeybees range ...

While Canadians may be most familiar with the western honeybee, there are seven families of bees and approximately 20,000 ...

To track the bees' path across the planet, Carr analyzed the DNA of 78 bees covering 22 subspecies of the western honey bee. By comparing the genetic sequences from different subspecies ...

They’re too old to care for younger bee generations, which in turn cannot ... Advertising Don’t forget the honey, either. Eric Olson saw that widespread pollination firsthand.

(named for the Latin name of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera), one of the industry groups involved in the survey. When the beekeepers opened their operations back up after winter, they ...

For one thing, our honey bee colonies are a monoculture quite as much as our endless fields of soybean and wheat. Numerous species are capable of pollinating plants. The Western honey bee ...

Honey bee pollination is critical for food production, according to the USDA. Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the ...