A recent study led by a UA graduate student is focusing on how a decrease in pollen availability is negatively affecting the gut microbes of honeybees. These microbes can either benefit or harm the ...

Urban wild bees carry microbial signatures in their guts that reveal stresses of city living, from limited food to pollution ...

Move over gym rats. Bumble bees are now the true masters of macros. In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern ...

Bees are an important factor for our environment and our sustenance. Without insect pollination, many plant species - including various crops - cannot reproduce. "Bee mortality therefore affects food ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Great access to sunflowers and their pollen could help keep vulnerable bee populations pathogen-free. In experiments carried out by researchers at North Carolina State University and ...

Between the destruction of open spaces and the rise of urban beekeeping, former country bees are finding themselves in the city a lot these days. Fortunately, the change of scenery might not be ...

The prevailing view when it comes to the development of honeybees' social status is that what they eat as larvae determines whether they will become the fertile queen or one of the sterile workers.

The honey bee gut is colonized by specialized bacteria that help digest components of the floral pollen diet and produce molecules that likely promote bee health. Researchers have now uncovered which ...

In the same way that us humans try to eat a balanced diet, it seems that bees need to do the same. A new study has found that wild bees visit different flowers on purpose to get a balanced mix of ...

Bumble bees prefer a low-fat diet A bumble bee's diet affects survival and reproductive capabilities Date: February 5, 2020 Source: Technical University of Munich (TUM) Summary: Are bees dying of ...