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Slovenia's Beautiful Beehives Turn Apiaries Into Art
Dating back to the 18th century, AŽ hive panels depict stories of marriage, damnation, and daily life.
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10,000 bees ground a CHP helicopter. A beekeeper comes to the rescue
Almost 10,000 bees swarmed a California Highway Patrol helicopter last week, leaving officers scrambling for how to safely respond.
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Be kind to bees, build with bee bricks
We know that bees are important to natural ecosystems and also to human agriculture and horticulture. They are great pollinators of so plant flowering plant species and are also a source of food and materials we have used for thousands of years, namely honey, honeycomb, and beeswax.
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A biotech firm says the U.S. has approved its vaccine for honeybees
The federal government has granted a conditional license for a honeybee vaccine, the developer of the drug announced Wednesday. The vaccine will be used to help fight American Foulbrood disease in the insects and was approved by the Department of Agriculture, Dalan Animal Health, the biotech company behind the vaccine, said.
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Honey bee life spans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago
A new study by University of Maryland entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was in the 1970s. When scientists modeled the effect of today's shorter lifespans, the results corresponded with the increased colony loss and reduced honey production trends seen by U.S. beekeepers in recent decades.
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Hear me out – we could use the varroa mite to wipe out feral honey bees, and help Australia's environment
The varroa mite’s arrival in Australia was only a matter of time. We could benefit from one pest fighting another.
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Honeybees increase social distancing in response to a common parasite
In news-medical.net published an article which states that Honeybees increase social distancing when their hive is under threat from a parasite, finds a new study led by an international team involving researchers at UCL and the University of Sassari, Italy.
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Caffeine-boosted bees more efficiently home in on target flowers
A new study has found caffeine can be used to help bees locate specific flowers. The research suggests the drug enhances bee memory and makes them more efficient at homing in on certain targeted flowers.
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'Over the top': backlash against TikTok's bee lady not justified, say bee experts
Erika Thompson is clearly a competent beekeeper, who's educating the public about honeybees in her own way on social media.
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Australian aphrodisiac honey creates a buzz in the Middle East
A boutique blend of honey from Australia becomes sought after as an aphrodisiac in the Middle East.
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Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey
A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks to a simple new method. Researchers at the University of Waterloo developed an environmentally friendly, fully automated technique that extracts pyrethroids from the honey.
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Global map of bees created in conservation first
The data will help protect vital pollinators and could lead to new bee discoveries, say scientists.
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Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into flower
Scientists discover a new behaviour among bumblebees that tricks plants into flowering early.
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'Ultra-rare' blue bees found in Florida. It's been years since they were last seen.
Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an "ultra-rare" metallic blue bee that hadn't been spotted in years – so long that experts weren't sure it still existed. Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Chase Kimmel found a blue calamintha bee on March 9, according to an emailed statement from Kimmel. It was the first time one had been spotted since 2016, the museum says.
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Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees
Morgan Freeman, the actor, film director and philanthropist has added a new title to his name: Beekeeper. The 81-year-old celebrity decided to convert his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary.
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Genetically Engineered Bacteria Protect Honey Bees Against Parasites
In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin outline their novel approach to protecting honey bees at risk of colony collapse – genetically engineered bacteria.
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Bacteria Engineered to Protect Bees from Pests and Pathogens
AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science that they have developed a new strategy to protect honey bees from a deadly trend known as colony collapse: genetically engineered strains of bacteria.
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Scientists make fresh call for policy makers to protect pollinators
Pollinating insects could thrive if improvements are made to agri-environment schemes across Europe, according to a new collaborative study involving scientists from Trinity. More than 20 pollinator experts from 18 different countries looked at a range of wildlife habitats on farmland– named Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) – to determine how well they support insect pollinators such as bumblebees, solitary bees and hoverflies.
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Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees
The beloved Morgan Freeman is film director, philanthropist, and one of the greatest actors of our time, and he now has another title being attributed to his name; Beekeeper.
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Bumblebee Vomit: Scientists Are No Longer Ignoring It
Regurgitation is an important consideration when it comes to the process of pollination.
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