Aug 30, 20212 minThe Connection Between Planetary and Human ImmunityIs the plight of the honeybee, other pollinators and insects in general, a part of a larger planetary immune dysfunction that is also...
Apr 14, 20211 minApril is National Native Plant Month!Native plants are important for various reasons, the most important in my opinion and work is to support pollinators and other insects,...
Mar 28, 20211 minMaple Season 2021 UpdateUpon writing this on March 17, my maple camp in Corriganville, Maryland was nearing the end of the maple tapping season! Leo of S and S...
Dec 30, 20181 minHoneybees' "cognitive flexibility"Bees were successfully trained to move a ball to a specific location in order to get a food reward; bees learned the skill best by...
Dec 30, 20182 minInteresting Honeybee FactsAll worker bees, those foraging for nectar and those in the hive, feeding the brood, keeping the hive cool, tending to the queen, and...
Dec 30, 20182 minPlants for Year-Round Pollinator ForagingPlants for Year-round Bee Forage, from the University of Georgia Honeybee Program As you're starting to think about Spring planting,...
Dec 30, 20181 minDiet and Honeybee Gene ExpressionHow do bee larvae develop into workers (sterile females)? It's all about what they're fed. In part, it is because of their diet of...
Dec 30, 20181 minWhat Happens When We Lose One Species of Pollinators?In field experiments in the Rockies, scientists discovered the cascade effect on an ecosystem that lost just one pollinator species. “We...
Dec 30, 20182 minHoneybee Health Concerns and What We Can Do About itA colony of honey bees is an amazing organism when it is healthy; it is a super-organism in many senses of the word. -The individual bees...