colony collapse
The Varroa destructor mite is the greatest threat to US honeybees, and why things could get worse.
Researchers are looking at a long-term solution: develop bees that can fend off Varroa themselves ...
The Beepocalypse that wasn’t? Colony collapse disorder had ‘very small’ effects on commercial pollinators, study finds
Though colony collapse disorder has generated a great deal of concern, the phenomenon has had “very small effects” on commercial ...
No Bee Armageddon: US honeybee colony numbers stable for 25 years. Thank capitalism?
Warnings of an impending "bee apocalypse" became widespread in 2006, after some commercial beekeepers reported the mass disappearance of worker ...
Podcast: ‘Are we all going to die?’ Entomologist breaks down the ‘bee-pocalypse’ that ‘threatens the global food supply’
Bees are important crop pollinators and reduced bee numbers have been described by farmers overseas as a bee crisis. Global ...
Podcast: Primer on bees, varroa mites and the ‘beepocalypse’ that never was
This time it’s all about the bees! From the composition of a working hive to the diseases that plague honey ...
Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses
Hawaii study may hold the key to the mystery of why honey bees are struggling ...
Trade and economic growth, not pesticides, major driver of beehive declines?
Declines in bee health have been blamed on pesticides and other factors. A new study suggests that economic changes may ...