BIOL 111 Science in the Garden.: Science Alerts- Bees

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Honey bees fill ‘saddlebags’ with pollen. Here’s how they keep them gripped tight
By Katherine Kornei Nov. 27, 2017 , 10:35 AM
Flower petals have ‘blue halos’ to attract bees
By Virginia Morell Oct. 18, 2017 , 1:00 PM
Pesticides found in honey around the world By Erik StokstadOct. 5, 2017 , 2:00 PM
Why some baby bees are destined to become workers—or queens By Giorgia GuglielmiAug. 31, 2017 , 2:13 PM
SOURCE: Plants & Animals doi:10.1126/science.aap8403
Giorgia Guglielmi
A variety of bee species down on the farm leads to juicier fruits
Removing invasive plants is good for the birds and the bees
By Gretchen Vogel Jan. 31, 2017 , 12:30 PM
Did you know bees could be purple?
Slideshow: The Dazzling Diversity of Bees This selection of images showcases a few examples of the many unfamiliar -- and often threatened -- wild bees from around the world.
This bee lives on the edge—of an active volcano
Are Bees Becoming Extinct? Maybe some bees, but not all, say scientists.

Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation by Tradd Cotter
Call Number: 3rd FLOOR SB353 .C83 2014
ISBN: 9781603584555
Publication Date: 2014-08-18

Latest news about Honey Bee Health:
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service

Honey in Traditional and Modern Medicine by Laid Boukraâ (Editor); Siti Amrah Sulaiman (Editor)
Call Number: ebrary Electronic Books
ISBN: 9781439840160
Publication Date: 2013-10-29

In case you missed the Bees with Backpacks presentation by Ulrich Engelke CSIRO Australia on Monday, October 31, 2016,

I added links to other sources that further explain the efforts of Global Initiative for Honey bee Health (GIHH) , an international collaboration of researchers, beekeepers, farmers, and industry set up by the CSIRO to research the threats to bee health in order to better understand colony collapse and find solutions that will allow for sustainable crop pollination and food security.

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