Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts - Nature Communications Varroa and Tropilaelaps mites threaten honeybee health. This study finds that mites alter feeding habits depends on their own, and hosts’, life history stage. Mites feed on the host hemolymph when par...

Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts

Han et al. 2024 - turns out Varroa mites do feed on hemolymph, not just fat bodies
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#honeybees #beekeeping #varroa #science

A beautiful honeybee busy collecting pollen from a peach quince flower macro photograph

I used to be so afraid of bees until our son decided to join the 4H bee club. Our garden produces so much more since we got our hives.

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#art #artist #honeybees #beekeeping #wallart #artprints #ayearforart #supportthearts #macro #photography

Sometimes the pollen grooming situation is a lot and requires five limbs to try to resolve. [Alameda, CA 4-14-26] #bees #honeybees

Researchers Show How Common Herbicide Affects Honeybee Brains & Behavior Cultivating flowering plants for pollinator gardens, commercial farms, or home landscapes often relies on the use of herbicides to manage unwanted weeds. Honeybees are attracted to these locations and...

www.morningagclips.com/researchers-... #herbicides #glyphosate #honeybees

Watch these giant honeybees 'shimmer' to ward off threats - The Weather Network Nature — it’s weird, and it’s wonderful.

#NatureWatch #Honeybees - Giant honeybees 'shimmer' to ward off threats.
- by Cheryl Santa Maria, Digital Journalist
- via The Torontonian Magazine 🇨🇦 🍁 Toronto's Own #TorontoLife #TorontoTalk #TorontoBuzz
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After several days of heavy rain some bees were out in the sun today and drinking from shallow runoff water. To the right, a small pollen cone.

#bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees
#rain #rainwater
#Nikon #Nikonphotography
#California

Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites ‘Southern California is home to a black-and-yellow flying treasure’, wrote scientists giddy over good news about bee populations—and our food supply. Commercial honeybee hives across the US have been collapsing for years, under attack from deadly parasites—but now a unique hybrid bee found only in the southern part of California has demonstrated the ability to […] The post Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites appeared first on Good News Network.

Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites: ‘Southern California is home to a black-and-yellow flying treasure’, wrote scientists giddy over good news about bee populations—and… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Honeybees #VarroaMites #California #Beekeeping #Pollinators

The quince bushes are bursting with flowers and honey bees
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Honeybee end sticking out of peach quince flower macro photograph

Macro photograph prints hanging over the bathtub. The macro photograph shows a honey bee immersed in a peach-quince flower.

Our quince bushes are bursting, and the honey bees are having a feast.
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#honeybees #beekeeping #macro #photography #wallart #artprints #fineart #artcollecting #buyintoart #ayearforart #springforart #gardening #flowers #flowersonmastodon #art #artistsOnMastodon

Honey Bees and Purple Water Lilies, Happy Friday on this lovely Spring day. Find a little joy. Try the rest of the show: thetropicalgrower.com/gardening-ph... #flowers #flowersonfriday #photography #nature #gardening #happy #joy #bees #honeybees #waterlily #spring #macro

Honeybee on apple flower

Honeybee on apple flower

Honeybee on apple flower

Honeybee on apple flower

Hope you're flying through the week, like these industrious little workers.🐝

Made me so happy to see #bees buzzing on apple blossoms today.🌸

Happy #Spring! 🌱

From #Colorado, to wherever you are, wish you all the best. 💖🔥

#empathy #flowers #photography #nature #bugs #honeybees #pollinators

See the Amazing Images That Showcase the Short, Brilliant Lives of Honeybees Throughout the Seasons A new book follows the insects through rain and shine and highlights the unique behaviors of each bee in a colony

See the Amazing Images That Showcase the Short, Brilliant Lives of #Honeybees Throughout the Seasons

www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
#bees

What Network Structures Reveal About the Birds and the Bees Representing bird flocks and insect swarms as nodes connected in a complex structure yields new insights into animal collective behavior.

How do thousands of #honeybees fly in a #swarm without colliding and creating chaos. #Seeley showed how 'streaker' bees direct the swirling mass but what else is going on? Models suggests that each bee is in communication with up to 10 flying neighbours.
physics.aps.org/articles/v19...

Attraction versus avoidance: honeybees vary in response to virus-contaminated food royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Honeybees

Spring!
#wales #Cymru #pollinators #bees #solitarybees #honeybees #dandelions #primrose #ladybird

Lil honeybee gathering nectar from

nectarmaxxing 🐝
#honeybees

The girls are gorging themselves this morning on the nectar that was augmented by overnight drizzle. #Honeybees #Crocus

Random gift for a stranger. Thought I'd share it here, ended up meaning a lot to me, too! 🐝🐚🐝

WARNING: definitely has flashing lights, please be cautious!

#timelapse #digitalart #oshun #gift #shelby #shell #bee #art #stylized #honeybees #stickers #design #symmetry #seashell #blackandyellow #hive

Closeup of a honey bee foraging on the flowers of a Yoshino Cherry Blossom tree; the flowers have white petals with pink centres

A Honey Bee seen recently foraging on the special Yoshino Cherry blossom in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 💮
#InsectThursday #Honeybees #BlossomWatch

That gives a whole new meaning to #HoneyBees. oh, my lord. They're cuddling and holding hands, the lovely sleeping beauties. That's so precious. Adorable beings.

Bees Are in Danger Again, and This Time the Threat Is Spreading Fast Scientists are racing to stop a tiny mite that could devastate the pollinators and agriculture

Let's keep this new mite out of the US! #invasivespecies #honeybees www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ne...

closeup view of a bunch of of white Wax Cherry blossoms, with a brown honeybee standing on top of a blossom in the center of the photo, the bee is standing with its back to the camera with its head facing toward the upper part of the photo

#WaxCherry #Blossoms #trees #FlowerReport #FlowerSky #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #Honeybee #bee #bugs #insects #invertebrates #honeybees #bees #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoSky #MacroPhotography #PhonePhotography #photography #MobilePhotography #Phonetography #AltText #NoAI

How worker bees protect themselves from their own venom Honeybee venom is a potent toxin. Stings cause pain, trigger a racing heart, and sometimes result in life-threatening allergic reactions. But Dalibor Kodrík from the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of S...

How do #honeybees not poison themselves with their own #venom? Workers have mechanisms to counter it, but #drones succumb.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

🤩WOW

#WaxCherry #trees #blossoms #FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography #FlowerSky #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #bee #honeybee #bees #honeybees #bugs #insects #pollinating #pollinator #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoSky #MacroMonday #photo #MacroPhotography #photography #Phonetography #AltText #NoAI #macro

closeup view of a bunch of white wax cherry blossoms covering a tree branch, near the left edge of the photo there is a brown honeybee with its back and right side to the camera, while its head is inside the core of one of the blossoms

#WaxCherry #trees #blossoms #FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography #FlowerSky #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #bee #honeybee #bees #honeybees #bugs #insects #pollinating #pollinator #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoSky #MacroMonday #photo #MacroPhotography #photography #Phonetography #AltText #NoAI #macro

Still snow on top of 15 cm of ice but the girls are out and buzzing in +8🎉 ;all hives. This was rough winter with multiple -30 in December with no snow but these reflectors worked great. First year using them.
#honeybees
#bees

The Bee That Everyone Wants to Save My neighbour has 50 hives, the road has 30 more. That's 4 million honeybees, and not one of them is the bee that actually needs saving.

Fascinating – and alarming 🐝:

“The Bee That Everyone Wants To Save”, ‘The Naturalist’ (naturalist.bearblog.dev/the-bee-that...).

Via HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752...

#Bees #HoneyBees #BumbleBees #Insects #Environment #Pollination #BeeKeeping #BeeHives #BeesColonies #Flora

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially d...

"Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen.

When tested, colonies fed this supplement produced up to 15 times more young. The findings were published in the journal Nature."

#honeybees

The bee you're trying to save might not be the one that needs help. Uncover the surprising truth about bee conservation and how to protect our *real* pollinators.

thepixelspulse.com/posts/why-native-bee-con...

#honeybees #nativebees #bumblebees

Did you know a single worker honey bee produces only 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime? Unbelievable!
Find out more about Honey Bees by making our paper model, details here: buff.ly/GNNLVg4

#EduSky #iteachbio #honeybees #bees #melittology #apiology #entomology