California program offers lesson in the buds and the bees
In California, bees are critical to the success of almonds and other crops, but the massive acres of farmland those crops grow on can be important to bee health, ...
Pollinators
15-year-old beekeeper wins Bayer Young Beekeeper Award
Jake Reisdorf has a sweet life for a high school freshman. After school, the Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, resident walks downtown to tend to Carmel Honey Company, ...
Hive scales point to North Carolina bees’ nectar sources
A year ago, beekeepers throughout North Carolina outfitted their apiaries with hive scales provided by the Bayer Bee Care Program. In a growing initiative, these ...
Sick bees choose healthier food sources
Sick bees tend to consume higher-quality pollen compared to healthy bees, according to new research. In a study published in Microbial Ecology, researchers were ...
Bayer’s “Feed a Bee” funds Illinois college prairie
For over two years, a small liberal arts college in the suburbs of Chicago has been converting its campus to native prairie to nourish ecologically vital ...
Honey bees pollinate a lot more than just crops
Buzz about the agricultural significance of honey bees and concerns about the implications of their decline for food production are widespread, but discussions ...
Student research highlights pollinator preferences
Pollinating insects — such as bees, beetles and butterflies — choose habitats with the most flower cover, according to a student’s undergraduate research that ...
Bayer Bee Care and TWS partner to improve bee health
When Daymond Hughes was around 10 years old, he started beekeeping alongside his grandfather, a hobby that would continue to interest him years later. That passion ...
Farmland milkweed supports more monarch eggs
Ever since they learned that the monarch butterfly’s swift decline is tied to reductions in its host plant, conservationists have been planting milkweed alongside ...
The return of monarch butterflies: Protection and restoration of milkweed habitat
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are one of the most iconic butterflies found in the U.S. These spectacular insects are fascinating in many ways, particularly ...