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The Bee That Helps Black Cherry Trees Recover

The Bee That Helps Black Cherry Trees Recover

If you love black cherry trees, miner bees are your heroes. Miner bees are solitary bees that nest in the ground, and are one of over 400 species of bees found...

The Bee That Helps Black Cherry Trees Recover

If you love black cherry trees, miner bees are your heroes. Miner bees are solitary bees that nest in the ground, and are one of over 400 species of bees found...

Stingless Bees Must Kill Thousands of Selfish Wannabee Queens

Stingless Bees Must Kill Thousands of Selfish W...

Imagine that one out of every five Melipona beecheii stingless bee larvae develops as a queen, even though their colony only accepts one queen at a time. Worker bee guards must...

Stingless Bees Must Kill Thousands of Selfish W...

Imagine that one out of every five Melipona beecheii stingless bee larvae develops as a queen, even though their colony only accepts one queen at a time. Worker bee guards must...

Inside the Winter Hive

Inside the Winter Hive

Honeybees do not lay eggs and then die in winter, which is what happens to many other insects, including some types of bees. For the most part, bees survive the...

Inside the Winter Hive

Honeybees do not lay eggs and then die in winter, which is what happens to many other insects, including some types of bees. For the most part, bees survive the...

Tenacious Carpenter Bees Endure Cold Winter Weather

Tenacious Carpenter Bees Endure Cold Winter Wea...

Unlike south Florida where winters are balmy, north Florida can have cold weather in January. The thermometer in north Florida can hit subfreezing temperatures and glaze over. A stillness and...

Tenacious Carpenter Bees Endure Cold Winter Wea...

Unlike south Florida where winters are balmy, north Florida can have cold weather in January. The thermometer in north Florida can hit subfreezing temperatures and glaze over. A stillness and...

Invisible Colors Help Sunflowers Attract Bees and Adapt to Drought

Invisible Colors Help Sunflowers Attract Bees a...

Sunflowers are a pretty face, and a lot more. Their ultraviolet colors not only attract pollinators, but also help plants regulate water loss, according to new UBC research. The dense...

Invisible Colors Help Sunflowers Attract Bees a...

Sunflowers are a pretty face, and a lot more. Their ultraviolet colors not only attract pollinators, but also help plants regulate water loss, according to new UBC research. The dense...

Almond Growers Welcome News of the Arrival of Bees

Almond Growers Welcome News of the Arrival of Bees

Credit: California Farm Bureau Federation for reprint permission By Christine Souza Semi-truck loads of commercial honeybee colonies are arriving in California from across the country to prepare bees for pollination...

Almond Growers Welcome News of the Arrival of Bees

Credit: California Farm Bureau Federation for reprint permission By Christine Souza Semi-truck loads of commercial honeybee colonies are arriving in California from across the country to prepare bees for pollination...