Engineered Corn Can Kill Monarch Butterflies
...nmany "nontarget" organisms -- pollinators such as honeybees or beneficialpredators of pests like ladybugs. But the Bt- modified corn producespollen containing crystalline endotoxin from the bacterium genes. When thiscorn pollen is dispersed by the wind, it lands on other plants, includingmilkweed, the excl...Russian Queens Bee-Little Mites' Impact
... This parasite, which first turned up among U.S. honeybees 11 years ago, has taken a devastating toll. Feedi...enseless, he says. Indeed, he notes, because wild honeybees never received treatment, "they're gone." Though swarms that stray from beekeepers' colonies may su...Summer Science: Where Have All The Honeybees Gone? UD 'Bee Guy' Asks Why--From America To The Amazon
...ee losses in the northeastern UnitedStates. Golden honeybees are essential for pollinating wild plants, as well...pers have routinely importeddifferent varieties of honeybees whenever they needed a species offering aparticular characteristic. Honeybees originally were brough...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
..., and thus poselittle risk to other organisms from honeybees to humans. An independent panel of technical experts chose the winners as demonstratingpractical as well as innovative ways to significantly reduce pollution at itssources. The panel is selected by the American Chemical Society, the world'slargest s...Careful Honeybee Breeding Combats Tracheal Mite Pests
... University has shown that selectivebreeding helps honeybees develop resistance to tracheal mites, pests thatbe...epers currently manage about 3 million colonies of honeybees inthe United States, and they have suffered losses as well, although not assevere. Estimates of man......ss the countryagree that most of the wild or feral honeybees have likely beenannihilated, Tew said. Backyard ga...ther hand, attach themselves to the outsideof both honeybees and their developing young to perform theirblood-sucking duties. The two mites also often carry inva...