But if too many older worker bees have already died before their replacements are ready to fly, the entire colony can collapse, the authors warned. Colonies that winter outside in colder areas in the ...

Researchers found that longer autumns with good flying weather for bees raise the chances of colony collapse in the upcoming spring, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

With bees dying by the millions, they need to spread the buzz. Monsanto, A Potential Contributor To Colony Collapse Disorder, Buys Bee Research Firm Faced with accusations that crop pesticides ...

Among all the various factors playing into the collapse of bee colonies around the world, one of them could be your car. A UK study into how diesel exhaust fumes may affect bees' ability to ...

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon with no concrete answer. It’s when there are no adult bees, but the queen bee, and usually immature bees are still present.

Unprecedented images show how the insects cook invaders alive, stay warm or cool, and socialize. With tubular tongues, western honeybees in Langen, Germany, slurp up water to carry back to their ...

More intensive beekeeping management has helped him get his numbers up, he said. Barriers to bees Colony collapse disorder — described by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a phenomenon ...

Researchers investigate how the complex, cooperative behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) is genetically programmed so that it can be passed on to subsequent generations. They found an answer in ...

Nobody quite knows why. Candidates for blame include parasites, pesticides and the mysterious "colony collapse disorder", where bees simply disappear, leaving a lone queen behind. Domesticated ...

The relationship between honeybees and airports is a symbiotic one — the honey the bees produce is a litmus test for air pollution levels around the airport, which must fall within regulations.

Whoops. The plants at a lot of big box home improvement stores are soaked in pesticides and are doing serious damage when bees come to pollinate them. Isabella Rossellini In A Bee Costume Stars In ...