What’s happening with Ireland's honeybees? Julia Jones found that while pest-herb-fungicides in pollen are relatively low, they are still affecting bee gut bacteria. Exposure to these chemicals decreased 30+ beneficial bacteria like Lactobacillus and Snodgrassella. #BeeHealth #Microbiome #PAG2026

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Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt | The-14 Worker bees detect virus-infected queens, triggering revolt and replacement, as new research links queen infections to colony failures and rising bee losses.

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The sweet link between bee guts and hygiene - Insectes Sociaux Insectes Sociaux -

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The sweet link between bee guts and hygiene 🧫

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Beware Carpet Beetles while harvesting.

These pests eat pollen, chew through mud, destroy developing Mason bees, and can spread fast. 🐞🐝

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Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees - Nature Genetic engineering of a yeast strain provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybee colonies.

This bee “superfood” could be available within 2 years – supporting pollinators, biodiversity and global food security. #BeeHealth #Pollinators #FoodSecurity

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Richardson et al. used hand-feeding experiments and a cross-fostering design to demonstrate that larval size reduction stems from impaired adult brood care, not direct pesticide toxicity. 🧪
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🧠🐝 New research alert!
A parasitic fly is silently infecting and killing honey bees in San Francisco.
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AI is buzzing into beekeeping! Learn how smart tech helps beekeepers protect colonies, boost honey, and tackle challenges like varroa mites. #AIBeekeeping #BeeHealth #SustainableTech #AIInnovationsUnleashed
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New Low-Cost Beehive Sensors Could Help Save Honeybee Colonies - EcoWatch A computer science team from UC Riverside has developed a sensor-based technology with the potential to revolutionize commercial beekeeping.

Researchers at UC Riverside have developed low-cost temperature sensors and algorithms to alert beekeepers when hives are stressed. This could be huge for helping prevent colony loss while supporting pollination. Read more: www.ecowatch.com/beehive-sens...

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Wildflowers could be absorbing toxic metals that pass on to bees, study finds Scientists call for urban areas to be tested for contaminants and potentially cleaned before wildflowers are planted Wildflowers could be absorbing toxic metals from soil in urban areas and passing toxins...

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Science is giving beekeepers a better way to fight colony collapse New test helps beekeepers identify disease-resistant honey bee colonies, offering hope amid rising hive losses across the United States.

Science is giving beekeepers a better way to fight colony collapse: New test helps beekeepers identify disease-resistant honey bee colonies, offering hope amid rising hive losses across the United States

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"Will I need to feed my bees?" is an absolutely essential question for any beekeeper to answer ahead of spring. Learn more in our Q&A below (or the link in bio).

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Pesticides attack bees in multiple ways throughout the body Study reveals how neonicotinoid pesticides harm bumble bees by damaging their body parts differently. This highlights flaws in safety testing

Pesticides attack bees in multiple ways throughout the body: Study reveals how neonicotinoid pesticides harm bumble bees by damaging their body parts differently.

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Study on National Pollinator Declines Blames Pesticides, Pests, and Extreme Weather - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, February 1, 2023) Honey bee declines in the United States are “primarily related” to pesticide exposure, parasitic mites, and extreme weather conditions, research published by Penn State scientists have determined. Publishing the results in Scientific Reports, the researchers aim to provide a national overview of the range of factors harming bee colonies. “Some previous studies have explored several potential stressors related to colony loss in a detailed way but are limited to narrow, regional areas,” said study co-author Luca Insolia, PhD. “The one study that we know of at the national level in the United States explored only a single potential stressor. For this study, we integrated many large datasets at different spatial and temporal resolutions and used new, sophisticated statistical methods to assess several potential stressors associated with colony collapse across the U.S.” The results reinforce calls from bee health advocates in the U.S. and around the world: eliminate toxic pesticide use, the lowest hanging fruit contributing to pollinator declines. In order to create a more comprehensive national overview, geographers, entomologists, and statisticians all participated in the study, reviewing publicly available data on colony health, land use, weather, and other environmental factors over a five-year period from […]

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Study Finds Bumblebees Increasingly Attracted to the Pesticides that Kill Them - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, August 31, 2018) Given the choice to forage on untreated or pesticide-contaminated food sources, bees will increasingly choose the pesticide, according to research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B in late August. The data indicate that risks to pollinators grow, rather than wane, over time, making improved regulation over bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides even more climacteric. In essence, the study indicates that bees may be undertaking the human equivalent of chain-smoking themselves to death. Authors of the study note that numerous studies have been performed that subject bees to neonicotinoid-treated food, however this research generally allows pollinators to only forage on contaminated sources. While this provides important information on hazard criteria, it does not indicate risk of exposure. Positing the idea that pollinators may eventually seek to avoid neonicotinoid-contaminated nectar, researchers provided bumblebee colonies with a choice over the course of 10 days. At the start, the bees exhibited no discernable preference between toxic and nontoxic food. However, as time went on more and more bees fed from nectar laced with thiamethoxam, a widely used neonicotinoid. By the end of the experiment, food containing 2 parts per billion of the pesticide was eaten 10% more than in […]

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Reports of Increasing Honey Bee Colonies Mask Continuing Pollinator Crisis - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, August 10, 2017)  New data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier this month, indicating a slight increase in the number of honey bee colonies, is masked by beekeepers’ efforts to split hives in the face of losses. The USDA reports that Colony Collapse Disorder losses (CCD) are down 27% compared to the past year. While these numbers may seem to be a positive sign after over a decade of consistent pollinator declines, they are more indicative of a beekeeping industry that is using every available tactic possible to stay viable. With the continued use of highly toxic neonicotinoid insecticides in farms, gardens, and public spaces throughout the country, the long-term health honey bees and other pollinators continue to be in jeopardy. According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the number of beekeeping operations with five or more colonies reported a total of 2.89 million colonies in April 2017, a 3% increase from April 2016, when numbers stood at 2.80 million. News media such as Bloomberg hailed this report in an article headlined “Bees Are Bouncing Back From Colony Collapse Disorder.” However, a closer look into the numbers and beekeeper accounts reveals what is actually occurring. A more accurate […]

Reports of Increasing Honey Bee Colonies Mask Continuing #Pollinator Crisis#SavePollinators #Beehealth #Neonics

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