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Honey bee colonies dropped by 16% worldwide in the winter of 2017-18
Out of the 544,879 colonies these beekeepers managed, 89,124 were lost over the winter of 2017-18.
Saving the Honey Bee: Can New Genomic Clues Help Solve the Colony Collapse Mystery?
Science to the rescue!
Queen bumblebees take long breaks in the grass after hibernating
Researchers say that you should help queen bees if you see them exhausted on the ground, by providing a teaspoon ...
World’s largest bee makes a comeback from the dead
Wallace’s giant bee -- about four times larger than a honeybee -- hadn't been spotted for nearly four decades until ...
New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones
BEEEE cause we can, that's why.
Researchers want to vaccinate bees so we don’t run out of food
I can’t BEElive this!
Glyphosate might be killing bees by messing with their gut bacteria
Glyphosate may not be harmless to animals after all.
Honeybee clusters act as ‘super-organisms’ to keep everyone safe during bad weather
Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.
David Attenborough urges people to save bees with an adorable teaspoon gesture
It's a small gesture, but it can make a big difference for the tiny bees.
Walmart silently filed a patent for robotic bees meant to pollinate crops
As bee populations dwindle, robots are made to take their place.
It’s official: pesticides are harming the bees
Perhaps it's time to consider a full-scale ban.
Climate change might cause a coffee crisis, but there’s still hope
Is it really that bad?
Popular pesticides are killing of bumblebees by preventing them from laying eggs
It's time to face it: our pesticides are killing off bees -- and bumblebees.
Bees prefer rural flowers to urban ones, new study indicates
Bees are more of the rural type, it seems.
Football-playing bees exhibit complex learning
Researchers have trained bumblebees to score goals using a mini-ball.
Bumblebee becomes the first endangered bee in continental US
For the first time in history, a bee in continental US has been listed as endangered.
Scientists find a new way through which neonicotinoids are killing off bees
Bee populations are going down dramatically, and our insecticides are largely at blame.
Flying quarter-sized RoboBee perches to save energy
Harvard roboticists made an insect-like flying robot that perches on ceilings to save energy, like bats, birds or butterflies.
Bees get much needed win as US court rules against neonicotinoid pesticide
Bee numbers have been dropping at alarming rates, and the growing consensus seem to be that only limiting pesticide use ...
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