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Pollinators exhibit interesting 'bee-havior"
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (135+ words) Bees appear to be social creatures, as they frequently congregate on flowers or nest in plain sight. At the Auburn University Bee Center, researchers and students are digging deeper into the complexities of the sociality of bees. Steve W. Martin, who…...
Cool Critters: April, fit for a queen (bee)
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (498+ words) If you see a bumblebee buzzing around our region's early-blooming flowers, it's a queen. Roused by warming temperatures, she recently emerged from overwintering in a grape-sized hole in the ground to search for food and a site to build her…...
At Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery, bees are part of preservation
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1106+ words) As spring is underway and pollination season begins, we're going to spend a little time learning about bees and the work they do to sustain local ecosystems. In Louisville, one historic resting place is " perhaps unexpectedly " buzzing with activity. Cave…...
Saving the queen: Scientists study bee reproduction to strengthen colonies
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (546+ words) One'third of the food we eat depends on a tiny worker most people rarely think about " the honey bee. But across the U. S. , beekeepers have seen honey bee colonies collapse at alarming rates. The Agri Life Research team will look at…...
Wild honeybees offer new hope in fight against colony decline
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (203+ words) By Marc Heller | 04/10/2026 01: 22 PM EDT Researchers in California found that certain honeybees in natural settings are resistant to deadly varroa mites. In this image made from video, bees gather on the frame of a hive box at Michigan State University's…...
Local beekeepers help relocate bee swarms instead of exterminating them
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (242+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Early spring through June is swarming season for bees. During this time, bees outgrow their colonies, and swarms will leave the hive to go build a new one. Local beekeepers are helping save the bees one swarm…...
Worcester resident buzzing over Tanzania bee fence project
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (264+ words) THERE is a real buzz around a Worcester resident's seemingly impossible mission to use the tiny honeybee to stop the world's largest land mammal. At the end of April, Rachel Monger is travelling for a month to a village bordering…...
Country diary: A sun-warmed day has the bees feeling hot | Claire Stares
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (290+ words) Langstone, Hampshire: Solitary bees, albeit hundreds of them, are hovering low to the ground, hoping to mate before nightfall One of the 68 UK-recorded species of mining bee in the genus Andrena, the ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria) is classified as…...
Bee Habitat Billboards
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (147+ words) Trend Hunter The Disney x National Geographic bee billboard project is an outdoor campaign that transforms traditional advertising structures into habitats for pollinators The initiative was developed as part of the "Step Into Wonder" Earth Month campaign led by National…...