WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A nonprofit said they helped donate nearly 10 tankers of syrup and 40,000 pounds of bee pollen substitute to Florida beekeepers impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton. According ...
A new study sheds light on exactly what nutrients hemp plants are providing to pollinators, which pollinator likes hemp the most, and which variety of hemp is most popular among bees out of four ...
Honeybees keep the agricultural industry abuzz by pollinating crops in farms. But extreme weather and shifts in plants’ flowering periods have made pollen scarce, causing them to starve. “I think it ...
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers ...
Scientists have discovered that pollen is a hidden source of natural medicine for honeybees. Symbiotic bacteria called Streptomyces produce antimicrobial compounds that fight deadly bee and plant ...
Ciaran Harris receives funding from the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust. Francis Ratnieks does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
An artificial “superfood” that provides essential nutrients for bees results in colonies producing much more larvae, suggesting it could help tackle the global decline in honeybees. Bees need to eat ...
A new study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark could provide a cost-effective and ...