Climate
Climate change threatens wild bees that blueberries need
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Extreme weather tied to climate change poses a greater threat than insecticides to the wild bee populations that are essential to Michigan blueberry growers, a recent study says.
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Seeking the building blocks of pollinator conservation
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Great Lakes researchers are seeking fundamental knowledge about pollinators like bumble bees and butterflies, hoping to reverse their decline.
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New non-native bee discovered in Illinois, Minnesota
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Scientists have found a new species of non-native wild bee in Illinois and Minnesota.
The Buzz
Culinary guide gives bees something to buzz about
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Discovering what bees like to eat has important ramifications for growers and farmers whose flowering fruits and vegetables depend on bees for pollination.
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Program boosts health of hives and heroes
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Veterans gain skills and community from a program that also benefits honeybees.
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Minnesota citizen scientists thrill at sightings of endangered bumble bee
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Citizen scientists are the key to new findings for a Minnesota project that tracks bees, including the endangered rusty patched bumble bee.
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Inside the beekeeping boom
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Plenty of people have heard about the plight of the honeybee, as colonies have been disappearing for more than a decade. Across the country, people are getting into recreational beekeeping to do something about it.
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City bees pollinate urban education
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They’re showing up on city rooftops, university dormitories and the grounds of middle schools, a trend that not only teaches people about bees, it could help the troubled pollinators.
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The buzz about bees and biofuels
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The value prairie grasses bring to bees helps make such plants more attractive for biofuels production.
Wildlife
Canadian, U.S. researchers tackle Great Lakes bee decline
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University researchers are investigating the effects of parasites and pesticides on the behavior and immune responses of honey bees.