Posts Tagged ‘honeybee’
High insecticide levels in dead honeybees
PURDUE (US) — Honeybee populations have been in serious decline for years, and scientists may have identified one of the factors that cause bee deaths around agricultural fields. Continue…
Friday, January 13, 2012 12:30 - 8 Comments
Earth & Environment - Oct 31, 2011 6:00 - 3 Comments
Native bees: More bee for the buck
CORNELL (US) — Native bees are two to three times better pollinators, are more plentiful, and are less prone to colony collapse than the better known honeybee, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 8, 2011 11:22 - 2 Comments
NY Farmers ask: Bumblebee or honeybee?
CORNELL (US) — As honeybee populations decline, New York farmers can count on the native eastern bumblebee to pollinate pumpkin crops—and boost yields. (more…)
