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Samantha Alger, director of the Vermont Bee Lab, inspects a frame of bees.

Buzz-Worthy Discovery: New Test Spots Super-Resistant Honey Bees as Colony Losses Mount

Dehydration, Not Heat, Poses Unexpected Threat to America’s Bees

Utah State University ecologist Joseph Wilson and colleagues report millions of bees die in vehicle collisions along Western U.S. highways. As pivotal pollinators, the consequences of these deaths could be significant.

Study Reveals Massive Daily Toll of Bee Deaths on U.S. Highways

New Study Reveals Pesticides’ Major Role in Wild Bee Decline Across US

Climate Change Poses Grave Threat to Pollinators, Imperiling Biodiversity and Food Security

a nighttime pollinator, like a moth, holding its nose at the stinky fumes coming off near some wildflowers

Nighttime Pollution Threatens Pollinators

Why are bees making less honey? Study reveals clues in five decades of data

Buzzing insights: tracking bees with robotic flowers and hive sensors

Getting maximum calories in shortest time is the priority for bumblebees

Bumblebees drop to shake off Asian hornets

A honey bee visits a white sage plant. Researchers have shown that pollination by honey bees, which are not native to the Americas, produces offspring of considerably inferior quality (lower fitness) than offspring resulting from native pollinators.

Plants pollinated by honey bees produce lower-quality offspring

Researchers from UC San Diego have found that honey bees, which are non-native to the Americas, produce plant offspring of lower quality compared to native pollinators in the San Diego region. Honey bees tend to visit more flowers on a single plant, leading to self-pollination and reduced fitness of the resulting plant offspring. This study highlights the importance of native pollinators for the preservation of native plant species in the face of invasive plant species and emphasizes the need for conservation efforts focused on native plants and bees.

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