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Commercial beekeepers saw well over 50% losses this winter. As California prepares for almond season, and for fruits like ...

We have been in a deep freeze for the past several weeks and people are asking, how do the honey bees survive these frigid ...

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs to track when they go in and out of their hives. The work, a collaboration among entomologists ...

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey bees to better track the pollinators’ travel habits and life cycles. In doing ...

Researchers have attached tiny QR codes to hundreds of honey bees in an effort to track the insects' foraging habits.

Stingless bees gather near the entrance to their hive on June 22 ... Davis-based beekeeper Jean-Philippe Marelli is on a mission to make Palo Alto a permanent home for the stingless bees.

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long ...