Search For "honey bee"
KVIC distributes over 330 'bee-boxes' under Re-Hab project to village in U
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Monday inaugurated the ambitious Re-Hab Project (Reducing Human Attacks using Honey Bees).
Read More
Study finds that honey bee life spans are 50 per cent shorter today than t
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50 per cent shorter than it was in the 1970s.
Read More
Study: Novel insecticides have devastating effects on honey bee health
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to recent study, insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor can have a devastating effects on honey bee health.
Read More
Beekeepers from remote villages of J-K's Rajouri seek govt help to market
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): Villagers in the far-flung hilly areas of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, who took up beekeeping several years ago to supplement their income from farming, are now seeking government help to market their produce.
Read More
Bees locate their queen by performing cascade of 'scenting' events: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 24 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have found that the bees collectively located their queen via olfactory communication, in which they release pheromones and direct the pheromones toward other bees by fanning their wings.
Read More
Shivamogga farmers urged to use eco-friendly ways to tackle pests, save ho
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], March 17 (ANI): Horticulture department of Shivamogga are requesting farmers to use eco-friendly methods to combat pest attacks and disease of crops and thereby save the honey bees, which contributes in a big way to pollination process.
Read More
Researchers find why plant diversity is so important for bee diversity
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brighton [UK], February 10 (ANI): During summers, bumblebees and honey bees can be seen foraging on the same flower species, whether in Britain or many other countries. Now, researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex, have found that dif
Read More
Earth Day 2020: Today's Google Doodle is all about 'The Bee'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): As the world observes the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Google has marked the special day with a doodle featuring one of the smallest and most critical organisms - the honey bee.
Read More
AP: Honey bees attack Irrigation Minister in Kurnool
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Anil Kumar Yadav was attacked by a swarm of honey bees while he was on a visit to a project in Banakacherla village in Kurnool district on Friday.
Read More
Telangana school students attacked by bees, 1 student critical
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mehboobnagar (Telangana) [India], July 6 (ANI): As many as 20 children at a government school at Koilkonda mandal here were attacked by honey bees at Suraram district of Mehboobnagar on Saturday morning.
Read More
Here's why honey bee colonies are in danger
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss are threatening honey bee colonies around the world. But according to a recent study, one threat stands well above the others, a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, which specialises in attacking honey
Read More
People in Ngaland turn to apiculture
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagaland [India],July 21 (ANI): Owing to the rich natural resources of the State, the people of Nagaland are turning to honey beekeeping as an alternate way of livelihood.
Read More