Where would we be (!) without bees? Bees are irreplaceable in our food chain. One out of every three bites of food that we eat have been made possible by bees’ activities – nuts, fruit, and vegetables ...

In response to a fast-spreading syndrome called colony collapse disorder (CCD) that's striking honey bees nationwide, scientists at Agricultural Research Service bee laboratories across the country ...

Commercial beekeepers are worried that a tiny parasitic mite that destroys the lifecycle of honeybees might devastate their industry and cost the nation's fruit and nut farmers billions of dollars.

Sabrina Rondeau received funding from the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), the Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ...

Scientists believe massive honey bee die-offs were caused by alarmingly high levels of viral infections from parasitic Varroa mites — the tiny arachnids had genetic resistance to the most common ...

Beekeepers have been battling the varroa mite, which "devastates" the bees. But it has become immune to pesticides used to control it. ALISON WHITE finds out more. FIGHTING the varroa mite has become ...

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is scheduled this spring to release honey bees from Yugoslavia. These bees resist two mites now threatening the supply of bees needed to pollinate crops. While ...

A new article presents the genome sequence and analysis of the honey bee parasitic mite T. mercedesae. Bee colonies are facing wide-spread devastation across the entire world. The research revealed ...

Buzzing bees and blooming trees are, to Dan Cummings, what life is all about. So the owner of 4,500 acres of almond orchards in and around Chico doesn't take kindly to a pint-sized mite that is ...

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - If bees were busy before, they’ll be downright frantic now. There’s still just as much work to do – making honey and pollinating the nation’s crops – but not nearly as many bees to ...