मौसमी बदलाव से 25 से 40 फीसदी तक गिरा बिहार में शहद का उत्पादन

सरसों के मौसम में हर साल जिन शहद के बक्सों में 10 किलो तक शहद मिलता था, वह अब दो से छह किलो तक ...

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

शिशु मधुमक्खियों के मस्तिष्क के विकास को नुकसान पहुंचा रहे हैं कीटनाशक: अध्ययन

एक नए अध्ययन में पाया गया है कि मधुमक्खियों के लार्वा चरण के दौरान कीटनाशकों के संपर्क में आने से उनके मस्तिष्क के विशेष भागों ...

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

Pollinator Sanctuary: A new sustainable solution model from Canada

The concept could not only help in providing forage, shelter and nesting places for local bees and birds, but also play a pivotal role in …

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

डायनासॉर काल में धरती पर मौजूद थीं मधुमक्खियां?

वैज्ञानिकों ने इस बात का पता लगाया है कि विलुप्त हो चुके डायनासॉर के जमाने में भी मधुमक्खियां होती थी और मधुमक्खियां और डायनासॉर तकरीबन ...

Not so sweet: Honey production falls 40% in Bihar

Researchers have attributed the fall to erratic weather conditions in the state 

Transportation for pollination causing spread of deadly disease in bees

Researchers advocate keeping strict limits on the movement of bees

शहद से संवरा किसान

आज भरतपुर देश के सबसे अधिक शहद उत्पादक जिलों में शामिल है। पूरे राजस्थान में उत्पादित शहद का करीब एक तिहाई भरतपुर से ही ...

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

Bee, a helper

Honeycomb glue can fight multi-drug resistant hospital bugs

परागणकारी जीवों की कमी के बावजूद वैश्विक अनाज उत्पादन में बढ़ोत्तरी

वैश्विक संस्था आईपीबीईएस की ड्राफ्ट रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक बीते 50 वर्षों में परागण पर निर्भर रहने वाली वैश्विक फसलों में 300 फीसदी की बढोत्तरी हुई ...

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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