A new study by University of Maryland entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was in the 1970s. When ...

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Scientists discover lab-reared honeybee lifespans have decreased by half since the 1970s. A myriad of environmental factors, including habitat loss and pesticides, are contributing to global bee ...

Honeybees are among the most common types of bee species that can be found in North America, and one of their colonies can house up to 80,000 bees. It’s estimated that the health and survival of 35% ...

It is a public health triumph that human life expectancy has increased linearly since the year 1800, rising about 30 years in that span. Imagine, then, if human life expectancy were to spontaneously ...

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American beekeepers lost nearly half of their hives in the 2022 growing season. That’s just a bit lower than the previous highest loss on record — which occurred the previous year, according to a ...

While honeybees are famously difficult to study, altering natural behaviors if any outside influences are sensed, they’re also incredibly susceptible to colony collapse due to the cold. If hive ...

When a beehive outgrows its home, the colony faces a critical decision: where to move next. Rather than relying on a single leader, bees use a remarkable form of collective decision-making—scout bees ...