honey bee

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For the study, the researchers used data from an annual survey on winter honey bee colony loss and beekeeping management that has been sent to Pennsylvania beekeepers each spring for more than 15 years.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Despite the inhospitable nature of bee bread, the microbiome in hives consists of several bacterial and fungal species that are important to honey bee food preparation, storage, and digestion.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

More research is needed to unravel how the stressors are interacting and impacting honey bee mortality and colony health going forward, says French.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication— on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd