Are crop pesticides a problem for honey bees?

CAP Update December 2012: RNAi for Treating Honey Bee Diseases  

What to know for successful pollination by honey bees

Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.

Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.

Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.

CAP Update February 2013: Collection of Honey Bee Germplasm Part 2  

CAP Updates: 18by JIM FRAZIER, CHRIS MULLIN, MARYANN FRAZIER and SARA ASHCRAFT Department of Entomology; Penn State University, 501 ASI Building, University...

CAP Updates: 23Last August the leaders of the Managed Pollinator CAP http://www.beeccdcap.uga.edu/ submitted a 96-page progress report to USDA as part of our...

 Table of Contents:Managed Pollinator CAP Web-Page: www.beeccdcap.uga.eduAwareness of the decline of honey bees and other pollinators took a dramatic upturn...

Help identify brood stages and hone your skills in inspecting honey bee colonies.

  Reed M. Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln:When humans get sick, they go see a doctor. More often than not the doctor prescribes a pharmaceutical to...

CAP Updates: 17Marion Ellis and Bethany Teeters, University of Nebraska Abiotic stress from the sublethal effects of pesticides is currently being...

CAP Updates: 22Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, December 2011.Bumble bees are able to readily relocate their nest following...

CAP Updates: 251School of Biology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 USA; 2Honey Bee Research Unit, USDA-ARS-SARC, 2413 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596 USA;...

Download a .pdf of this article here Marla Spivak, University of MinnesotaWhile the Managed Pollinator CAP team continues to unravel causes of bee...

CAP Updates: 26This article will discuss two issues : the possibility that sunlight may be used to sterilize beekeeping equipment, and the danger of outdoor...

CAP Updates: 24As we reflect that the western honey bee Apis mellifera thrives in some regions of the world with minimal or no chemical treatments for mites...

CAP Updates: 21According to the most recent surveys in North America and Europe, Varroa mites still appear to be public enemy #1 for bees, at least among the...

CAP Updates: 20Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, October 2011.There is no question that honey bees are surrounded by a...

CAP Updates: 19Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, September 2011.Currently there are two species of Nosema infecting the...

 Protocol and budget for real-time PCR diagnostics for honey beesJay D. Evans USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab Beltsville, MD 20705 USADownload a .pdf of this...

   Microsporidia: Friend, Foe (and Intriguing Creatures)Leellen F. Solter, Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resources Sustainability,...

  CAP Updates: 12by ANNA MORKESKI and ANNE L. AVERILL University of Massachusetts/AmherstFor pollination services in the majority of fruit and vegetable...

 CAP Updates: 10Zachary Huang, Michigan State UniversityHoney bees, like any other animal, require essential ingredients for survival and reproduction. What...