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Ecologists have developed a better way of rearing bee larvae in the laboratory that could help discover why honey bee populations worldwide are declining. The technique, together with details of how statistics adapted from other areas of ecology can aid bee research, is published this week in the British Ecological Society's journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution.Human food security depends on bees because they pollinate so many of our crop plants. As a result, worldwide declines in both...
In mathematics, you need at most only four different colors to produce a map in which no two adjacent regions have the same color. Utah and Arizona are considered adjacent, but Utah and New Mexico, which only share a point, are not. The four-color theorem proves this conjecture for generic maps of countries, but actually of more use in solving scheduling problems, scheduling, register allocation in computing and frequency assignment in mobile communications and broadcasting.Researchers in...
New types of fungal pathogens, a drastic decline in the number of flowering plant species, the increased use of agricultural chemicals, and climate change are partially responsible for the worldwide plight of bee colonies, claims a new report released Thursday by the UN Environment Program (UNEP).The study, entitled Global Bee Colony Disorders and other Threats to Insect Pollinators, fingers more than a dozen possible factors, all of which have contributed in some way to the decline of the...
Scientists are seeking a way to identify and eliminate mass deaths of the honeybee, the primary pollinator for the world's plants. The die-offs affect more than 30 percent of bee colonies in the United States and more than 20 percent in some European countries. A few possible causes identified in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) include blood-feeding parasites, bee viruses, fungi, pesticide exposure and decreased plant diversity causing poor nutrition for honeybees, experts tell Reuters....
Beekeepers in Australia called on the government this week to accelerate efforts to eradicate the devastating Asian honeybee while it still has a chance.The aggressive bees were first detected in far north Queensland about four years ago, and have the potential to wipe out the entire industry. Known as Apis cerana, the Asian honeybees also attack birds, raising concern for local fauna. They could be as bad a pest as the cane toad, warned Australian Senator Christine Milne on Wednesday,...
SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NaturaNectar LLC announced today that its first and flagship product EaseFemin(TM) Menopausal Support is now available to tens of thousands of health food stores in the United States through Select Nutrition Distributors' east and west coast warehouses. "It's another clear demonstration of our company's commitment to our Partners, the retail stores that now can easily order our products through Select Nutrition, an industry leader in natural...
Despite FDA warnings, parents continue to give children potentially life-threatening medicine. Zarbee's Children's Cough Syrup is offering a free bottle swap to encourage parents to put their child's safety first. Sandy, UT (PRWEB) February 18, 2011 In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against the use of over-the-counter cough and cold products for infants and children under 2 years of age because of the risk of serious and potentially life threatening side...
The application of a naturally occurring pheromone to honey bee test colonies increases colony growth resulting in stronger hives overall, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Oregon State University and Texas A&M University.The study, which appeared this week in the journal, PLoS ONE, comes amid national concern over the existence of honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) "“ a combination of events that result in the death of a bee colony. The causes behind CCD remain...
SUNRISE, Fla., Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NaturaNectar LLC is pleased to announce that its exclusive extracts from Brazilian Bee Propolis will be featured in an upcoming segment of "The Art of Living with Marilu Henner". The company's EaseFemin(TM) Menopausal Support has been recognized as an effective natural alternative to managing menopausal symptoms and could provide relief for the 40 million plus women currently going through menopause in the US. (Logo:...
GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The True Source Honey(TM) Initiative enthusiastically announces the launch of a Certified Honey Traceability Program beginning in January 2011. The program officially known as True Source Certified(TM) was unveiled at the 2011 North American Beekeeping Conference in Galveston this past week. Details were revealed regarding the program, which is designed to certify the origin of honey being distributed and consumed within North...
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Apiology is the scientific study of honey bees, a subdiscipline of melittology (the study of all bees), which is a subdiscipline of entomology. Melittology comprises of more than 17,000 species other than the honey bee. Apiology includes apicology, which is the study of honey bee ecology. Honey bees are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems. People who study honey bees are called apiologists. There have been a number of notable apiologists...
The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae and a relative of the common honeybee. The bumblebee feeds on nectar and gathers pollen to feed its young. They are beneficial to humans and the plant world alike, and tend to be larger than other members of the bee family. Most bumblebee species are gentle. From this comes their original name: "Humblebee". Bumblebees are social insects that are known for their black and yellow striped bodies, a commonality among the...
The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by farmers. Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, four are considered honeybees: Apis florea, Apis dorsata, Apis cerana, and Apis mellifera (Western honeybee). It is thought that they have been domesticated at least since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids. Honeybees store honey (which is...
Bees (Apoidea superfamily) are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. They are adapted for feeding on nectar, and play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are called pollinators. Bees have a long proboscis that they use in order to obtain the nectar from flowers. Bees have antennae made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in females. They have two pairs of wings, the back pair being the smaller of the two. Bees are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic...
