Since California beekeeper Valeri Strachan-Severson started breeding honeybees, she has seen a marked difference in the health of her hives. Her bees are stronger, more hygienic and rarely experience ...

ST. PAUL -- Research at the University of Minnesota could help fight a parasite that may have killed up to half the North American bee population in the past year. Entomologist Marla Spivak leads a ...

A unique hybrid honeybee thriving in Southern California may hold a powerful clue to saving struggling bee populations. While ...

Down a stretch on Ben Hur Road in Baton Rouge between LSU's campus and the Mississippi River, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Services Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and ...

In Southern California’s inland valleys, where colonies stay active year-round and Varroa destructor never gets a winter ...

Beekeepers lose between 30% and 40% of their colonies annually, mostly to parasites and pathogens. Losses during one bad year in Indiana reached 60%. “The traditional methods of bee breeding have been ...

Brandon Hopkins turns open the black lid of a metal drum. A liquid nitrogen mist seeps out of the drum's opening. Slowly, he pulls out a metal arm holding a package filled with tiny, plastic straws.

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