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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 ...

Did you know that 75-95 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators for pollination? North Carolina has a $78-billion agriculture economy that depends on pollinators for crops such as ...

If you have been outside at all this summer, you have probably noticed bees buzzing around. That is why it’s a good time to celebrate National Bee Day along with beekeepers and farmers around the ...

Well, we blinked, and now it’s August, usually the dog days of summer, a.k.a. SoCal’s hottest temps of the year, when your zucchini go into hyperdrive and your tomatoes stop producing because it’s ...

Norway is home to 212 different bee species. Or perhaps rather: the country used to have 212 species. Insect numbers are generally in decline, and some bees are either struggling or have already ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio — Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’ face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It’s a workout in what feels like a sauna as the ...

For Bishop James Conley, of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, there is peace in wild things. In addition to his pastoral duties, Bishop Conley is the caretaker of more than 10,000 bees in two hives — ...

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