Bengaluru: Beekeepers across the state are facing a serious new threat: the invasion of small hive beetles, which is wreaking ...

Without honeybees, we would lose most commercial honey production, and many fruit, nut, and vegetable crops would see reduced ...

After installing the new queen bee, leave the hive alone for about a week. One exception: If you left the cork, plug, or cap on the cage, open the hive up in one to two days and remove it. Then ...

Genome of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a worldwide parasite of social bee colonies, provides insights into detoxification and herbivory. GigaScience , 2018; DOI ...

Beekeepers Lisa Dittfurth (left) and her husband, Russell Dittfurth, stand at Crooked Creek Honey Farm in Anna, Texas. The small-scale beekeepers and honey producers have around 45 hives on their ...

The small hive beetle was introduced to Australia from South Africa and first recorded in 2002. Its larvae defecate in hives, eat baby bees and produce a slime which destroys bee hives. As well as ...

Each year, more than 2 million bee hives are required to do the job. Climate change, intensive agriculture, and the use of pesticides and fungicides in farming is ravaging the world’s bees.

In contrast, European honey bees evolved with natural tree nests that are on average tall (around 150cm), narrow (20cm) with thick walls (15cm) and small entrances (7cm²). Man-made hives versus ...

When Konrad Bouffard of Round Rock Honey leads his introductory beekeeping classes around Texas, kids become most engaged when he talks about the insects’ “superhero powers.” Children ...

For instance, in the Richland scenarios, by the end of the century, having bees in cold storage from October to April would boost the spring hive population to over 15,000 compared to around 5,000 ...