Bees

BloomX: Stepping up to save the crops

The past three years of war have had a serious impact on farms across the country, including in the north where farmers have continued their work under the incessant buzzing of not bees, but drones.

BloomX's YAHAV 2400 avocado pollination system
Bumblebee.

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer named after Tom Ellis's character Lucifer

Scientists select demonic name for new horned 'Lucifer' bee species discovered in Australia

 BeeHero

With smart hives: The startup fighting the rise in bee mortality


Juvenile hormone study to protect bee pollinators

Somewhere along the evolutionary history of these bees, juvenile hormone stopped doing one job, and started doing a different job.

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The buzz on bees

Apiaries here are feeling the sting of the worldwide decline in bee populations.

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As climate change sets in, plants and bees keep pace

An analysis of bee collection data over the past 130 years shows that spring arrives about 10 days earlier than in the 1880s.

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The birds and the bees… and now the fish?

The sudden deaths of birds and fish over the last week is not nearly as befuddling as the lack of attention the story is receiving in the media.

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New Worlds: Bees don’t get jet lag

When removed from their usual roles in the hive, the bees were seen to quickly and drastically change their biological rhythms.

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A sweet business

Kibbutz Yad Mordechai is Israel’s leading honey producer, holding a 60% share of the NIS 95 million market.

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Biblical buzz

Ancient Israelites imported honeybees from Turkey.

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February 14: The irony of US training

Ironic that Thursday’s paper contained a glowing article about the training of PA forces while on the front page was the tragic headline “PA policeman kills IDF soldier.”

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'Bees get buzz around caffeine, nicotine'

University of Haifa study finds bees prefer nectar with caffeine and nicotine to nectar without.

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