Nigeria becomes fourth African nation to join global coalition to protect pollinators

Even as pollinator populations are declining globally, data about them, especially in the developing world, is insufficient

US beekeepers lost 40% honey bee colonies in a year: Survey

Beekeepers lost 37.7 per cent colonies during the winter, between April 2018 and April 2019 — the highest winter decline in the last 13 …

Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?

Now we know much more about Colony Collapse Disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees' fortunes around

Beekiller's genes

Insect stings inspire syringe-needle designs

Indian and interntaional scientists say that bee and wasp sting mechanism could help in developing a syringe-needle system, which can be used in …

Honey traders oppose GM mustard, to observe day-long protest on Sep 28

The beekeepers across India pointed out the adverse impact that GM cotton had on bees when it was introduced in 2002

How African honey bees can help mitigate global colony losses

The way the Africa honeybee's deal with parasites and pathogens can teach western beekeepers and researchers how to adapt their bees

Trust the gut on this one

शहद से संवरा किसान

आज भरतपुर देश के सबसे अधिक शहद उत्पादक जिलों में शामिल ह�…

Transportation for pollination causing spread of deadly disease in bees

Researchers advocate keeping strict limits on the movement of bees

Global warming can reduce coffee growing areas in the world’s largest coffee-producing region: study

Bee-friendly farm practices and conserving forests suitable for coffee production can reduce vulnerability to climate change, it said

परागणकारी जीवों की कमी के बावजूद वैश्विक अनाज उत्पादन में बढ़ोत्तरी

वैश्विक संस्था आईपीबीईएस की ड्राफ्ट रिपोर्ट के मुताब…

Bee, a helper

Honeycomb glue can fight multi-drug resistant hospital bugs

Pollinator security

Plants have a new date with flowering

Threat to wild bees from commercial apiculture, says study

Diseases transmitted from commercially-reared bees could wipe out wild bee populations, it says…

Diesel confuses bees

Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

Nicotine-based pesticides kill bees

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What's in your honey?

Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf …

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The battle for control of our bodies

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