In the face of colony collapse, some beekeepers are foregoing insecticides and opting instead to breed bees with ...

Bees and their pollination methods are integral to the ecosystem, as well as agriculture of all types. Unfortunately, bee colonies are struggling due to pesticide use and habitat destruction. And now ...

Several thousand worker bees cooperate in nest building ... commercial beekeeper and board chairman of Project Apis m, in the release. “Honey bees are the backbone of our food system ...

To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive ... colonists introduced Apis mellifera, the common honeybee, to the Americas. Native Americans referred to the bees as "White Man's Fly." ...

After all, honey bees are extremely particular about ... Presumably, during the earliest evolution of Apis nest architecture, workers build double-sided comb to conserve wax, but this also ...

"The effects of poor nutrition are most damaging in the developing larvae of honey bees, who mature into workers unable to ... a specific microbe -- Bombella apis-- is the only larva-associated ...

However, honey bees, especially Apis mellifera, are their favorite targets ... resulting in a "carpeting" of workers at the entrance. This term refers to the clustering or accumulation of honey ...