The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degree days.

Genetics of honey bees relating to queen bee production and bee colony productivity.

Honeybee carcasses coated the ground around hundreds of Florida beehives after a poison massacre claimed millions of bees and mutilated a …

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Dutch researchers have discovered that starlings and swallows (pictured) disappear in areas highly treated with an insecticide called imidacloprid, which is a type of neonicotinoid already proven to kill off honeybees

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Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees.While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, and were known by various names …

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Learn how to requeen a honey bee hive. A new queen is always better for the approaching winter