In recent years, the phenomenon of bee colony collapse has emerged as a significant threat to global food security and ...

Toxic pesticides, a changing climate and a sharp uptick in the invasive, disease-transmitting varroa mite since the 1980s ...

"That doesn't mean it's the same cause, but the outward expression of it ticks all the boxes of colony collapse disorder," he said. A honey bee collecting pollen. CAMERON BURNELL / FAIRFAX NZ "The ...

Since 2006, billions of bees have flown from their hives and simply disappeared as part of a mysterious malady called Colony Collapse Disorder. Until now, nobody knew why. A research team ...

Chemical exposure, parasites, bacteria, viruses -- all drew attention as researchers tried to determine what led to the honeybee die-off. One researcher recently identified Israel ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries ...

LIFTING up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you’re getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a few thousand pollinators. The unit—dubbed a BeeHome—is an industrial upgrade ...

Almost as soon as the honeybee colony was installed, it came under attack. Not from varroa mites, pesticides, colony collapse disorder, or any of the many other perils now facing honeybee ...

She got curious. And by age four and a half, she was reading about colony collapse disorder and learning how vital bees are to the planet. It didn’t stop there. Around that same time ...

In the face of colony collapse, some beekeepers are foregoing insecticides and opting instead to breed bees with ...