Tag: honey bees

The following is adapted from an article previously published by Bayer. For more than 20 years, pesticide safety testing has included a battery of tests on the honey bee (Apis...

Buzz about the agricultural significance of honey bees and concerns about the implications of their decline for food production are widespread, but discussions about their status as pollinators beyond farms...

How does a beekeeper know if his honey bee colonies are healthy? Traditionally, it required going to the apiary, taking the lid off a hive and removing each individual frame...

Introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) may be hogging the flowers on California’s central coast, outcompeting native pollinators. When researchers surveyed bees in undisturbed meadows over 13 years, they saw alarming...