May E-News

his review synthesizes current knowledge on the combined effects of N. ceranae infection with pesticides, co-infecting parasites and pathogens, as well as major modulating factors, including nutritional status, climatic conditions and beekeeping practices. 

In cage trials, nurse-aged bees generally preferred unadulterated sucrose solution in the summer, but showed a significant preference for virus-spiked solutions containing deformed wing virus (DWV), black queen cell virus or chronic bee paralysis virus in the fall. In field trials, forager bees exhibited significantly higher visitation to, and consumption of, sucrose solutions with high concentrations of DWV compared to low DWV or virus-free controls in both the spring and fall.

A new analysis of honeybee vision suggests their ability to distinguish quantities is not a trick of visual patterns, but evidence of genuine numerical cognition shaped by how their brains see the world.

FULL INTERVIEW: Warm winter is changing how honeybees pollinate in Southern Colorado this year

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren't backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.