How bees can monitor pollution for us: Everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance by Mark Patrick Taylor, Kara Fry and Max M Gillings, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Our cities are complex places of work, industry and residential activities. This often makes it hard to pin down the spread of different contaminants throughout them. This can be a concern, especially given…

New study uses video to show honey bees switch feeding mechanisms as resource conditions vary by Stephanie Baum , Phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Within nature, the compatibility of animals’ feeding mechanisms with their food sources determines the breadth of available resources and how successfully the animals will feed. Those who feed on the nectar of flowers, such as honey…

Insect apocalypse By Steve Nicholls Generally unloved and disregarded, insects are in fact the most successful group of animals on Earth and have been for more than 400 million years. With a million described species (and a lot more still out there to find) and numbers measured in the quintillions, insects underpin almost all terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. But in…

Six Months on the Road: Inside the World of Migratory Beekeeping Emily Baron Cadloff Bees and other pollinators are a hardworking but often forgotten backbone of our food system. In order to get everywhere they need to be, beekeepers travel with hives for nearly half the year. Photography by Shutterstock Every spring, beekeepers across the country ready their hives for…

Queen Banks By: Clarence Collison Queen banking is the storage of queens individually in cages and placed in a colony to be cared for by worker bees. Northern California queen producers bank excess queens as seasonal demand subsides in the Summer to provide an on-demand supply to beekeepers. This study investigated the potential to bank honey bee queens indoors as…

Area FFA members shine in Indy Rachel Gabel   Blue and gold jackets are wall to wall in Indianapolis, Ind., during the National FFA Convention. The posted results are not complete and simply competing at the national level is an accomplishment, I want to highlight a few. Kyelynn Coombe, winner of the Beef Production – Entrepreneurship contest, is a member of…

Hello Beekeepers, Bee Enthusiasts, and the Bee Curious! Have you ever wondered: As a “new-bee”, how can I learn about keeping bees from a TRUSTED source? Have you ever wondered: Am I able to learn about special topics related to beekeeping, such as “Beekeeping as a Business”, “Honey Bee Nutrition”, or “Products of the Hive”? Have you ever thought about…