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Recent survey results show commercial honeybees are on track to have another year of colony losses. A decline in these essential pollinators could hinder food production.
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Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.
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Many people in prison learn trades, like cooking or landscaping. It helps prepare them for life after they’re released. Some prisons are doing something different: they’re training inmates to work with bees.
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The U.N. has designated May 20 as the day to celebrate these famous pollinators. "There are 20,000 species of bees around the world and a lot of these bees are in decline," says bee expert Hien Ngo.
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New research shows that climate change and habitat loss are causing widespread decline among bumblebees in North America and Europe — and putting ecosystems that depend on these pollinators at risk.
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An annual survey of beekeepers shows the rate of colony death last winter was the highest reported since the survey began 13 years ago.
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The bee towers over its apian cousins. Females have been recorded as being at least an inch and a half long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it's a bee like no other.
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Honey bees deal with many stressors: chemicals, climate change and viruses. But this year, a tiny mite has wiped out colonies, causing worry over whether there are enough bees left to do their jobs.
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In West Virginia, mining jobs have been declining for years, and there have been few other options to make a living. The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective is hoping to help turn that around.
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American foulbrood is an infectious disease that devastates honeybee hives. Scientists say they've created a vaccine for it, despite a big hurdle: Bees don't have antibodies.