Researchers find that pests spur honey bees' flower pollination

University Wire;  August 29, 2006 ;   Emma Radovich;   553 words ......their perception of wild bees from a nuisance to a farming tool. Honey bees are five times more...Greenleaf said. Unlike honey bees, wild bees are not bred or sold...pollinating patterns of honey bees, Greenleaf said. "Wild bees are out there ...

WILD BEES MAKE HONEY BEES BETTER POLLINATORS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 28, 2006 ;     787 words ......we've thought that honey bees alone were doing...This means that wild bees are much, much...throw more and more honey bees out there, but...Kremen said. "Wild bees make the honey bees more skittish so...percent were by honey bees from managed ...

WONDERFUL WILD BEES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2008 ;     787 words ......scenes, America's wild bees help with pollination...work of America's wild bees might be especially...also known as "non-honey bees" because they don...of the nation's wild bees commands the full...documenting the wild bees and other pollinators...help A. ...

VDACS' Efforts Support Beekeepers And Honey Bees In Virginia.

M2 Presswire;  July 2, 2008 ;     787 words ......VDACS' Efforts Support Beekeepers And Honey Bees In Virginia(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01072008 Honey bees are manageable, moveable, adaptable...vegetable crops in Virginia. Today honey bees are also at great risk because Virginia...

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES' EFFORTS SUPPORT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 1, 2008 ;     787 words ......Services issued the following news release: Honey bees are manageable, moveable, adaptable and...and vegetable crops in Virginia. Today honey bees are also at great risk because Virginia...the health and productivity of Virginia honey bees. The report recognized the risk that...

FORUM--AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES: A CONCERN, NOT A HOLLYWOOD VILLAIN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2007 ;     787 words ......killer bees. But even though Africanized honey bees (AHBs), as they are more properly called...also be deadly to the European-descended honey bees on which the United States depends to...dollars a year in value. The demand for honey bees for pollination continues to grow each...

The latest research on Africanized honey bees.

M2 Presswire;  March 2, 2004 ;     422 words ......ARS: The latest research on Africanized honey bees(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...While Hollywood has made Africanized honey bees a frightening villain of mythic proportions...with them in the real world. Africanized honey bees (AHBs)--also melodramatically labeled...

Nutritious "smoothie" mix may energize honey bees.

M2 Presswire;  July 29, 2003 ;     412 words ......Nutritious smoothie mix may energize honey bees(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07292003 Just like people, honey bees need nutritious food to stay strong...formulated especially for hardworking honey bees. The new beverage formulation may...

Couple finds small-town retail challenging, rewarding.(Tuck and Beverly...

Mississippi Business Journal;  September 25, 2006 ;   Northway, Wally;   787 words ......here. It's definitely a higher calling. Honey Bees buzzes The Wilkes' career as small-town...another local to open a small store called Honey Bees. The shop originally offered merely purses...in a tiny, 300-square-foot building. Honey Bees proved an instant success. Within a year...

Africanized honey bees are still on the move.

M2 Presswire;  March 6, 2006 ;     296 words ......PRESSWIRE-6 March 2006-US DOD: Africanized honey bees are still on the move(C)1994-2006 M2...LTD RDATE:06032006 In 2005, Africanized honey bees showed up for the first time in Louisiana...map showing the spread of Africanized honey bees by county and state has been posted on...

VDACS On the lookout for Africanized honey bees.

M2 Presswire;  May 18, 2006 ;     733 words ......VDACS On the lookout for Africanized honey bees(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...swarm traps to survey for Africanized honey bees (AHB), which are known to be extremely...and near port facilities. Africanized honey bees spread north through South and Central...

Honey bees listen to the dance. (Biology)

Science News;  May 20, 1989 ;     309 words ...Honey bees listen to the dance Honey bees dance to tell each other precisely where food lies. Scientists...Now, for the first time, researchers have shown directly that honey bees can detect and discriminate among airborne sounds simulating...

Disappearing honey bees threaten industry.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  June 24, 2007 ;     787 words ......Wilde Jun. 24--HAZLETON -- Thousands of honey bees swarmed around A. Victor Collins. As...for that matter -- are in grave danger. Honey bees are mysteriously disappearing in Northeast...pollination to produce an adequate crop. Honey bees are the most efficient and popular ...

HONEY BEES POLLINATE MORE THAN 100 COMMERCIALLY GROWN CROPS IN NORTH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 9, 2007 ;     743 words ......Agriculture issued the following news release: Honey bees pollinate more than 100 commercially...the northeast pollinated primarily by honey bees or for which these insects play an important...000 in 2005, both pollinated largely by honey bees. Connecticut's beekeepers currently ...

VDACS ON LOOKOUT FOR AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 18, 2006 ;     676 words ......swarm traps to survey for Africanized honey bees (AHB), which are known to be extremely...and near port facilities. Africanized honey bees spread north through South and Central...Although established nests of Africanized honey bees have not been found in Virginia, they...