Beekeeping, Biology, & Other Bugs
You probably imagine a humanoid robot carrying supers and performing inspections. That is all well and good since honey supers are backbreaking manual work. What
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology
While researching how honey bees learn to forage I came across a paper titled “Beekeepers’ preferences for honeybee breeding goals: a French case study” and
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology
Honey bees are generalist foragers, meaning their diet consists of a variety of nutrients and microbials. Bees also feed one another trophallaxicaly (“mouth to mouth”),
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Bees & Biology, Commercial Beekeeping
Self-pollination is when the pollen from the anthers (male reproductive part) is deposited into the stigma (female reproductive part) from flowers of the same plant.
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Backyard Beekeeping, Pesticides
The topic of examining the effects of pesticides on bees and beneficial insects has been an overarching theme these past few months, from investigations on
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Bees & Biology, Commercial Beekeeping, Pesticides
Glyphosate-based herbicides like the Roundup products have been investigated for a variety of health and ecological reasons. Despite the differences in glyphosate pesticide formulations, studies
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Bees & Biology, Commercial Beekeeping, Pesticides
When discussing chemical use in residential and agricultural settings, insecticides are quickly blamed due to their harmful impacts on bees. However, Insecticides are just one
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Ecologically, migration is the regular seasonal movement from one place to another in search of food, nesting places or better conditions. The Western honey bee,
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