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are both harmful to and can be spread between honey and bumble bees. Additionally, harmful parasites such as nematodes and parasitic flies can also spread among bee populations. For this study ...

The findings could help stakeholders plant flowers that are less likely to spread parasites in pollinator habitats. The researchers examined the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens ...

both reduces infection of a common bee parasite by 81 -- 94% and markedly increases the production of queen bumble bees. The research provides much-needed food for thought in one of the most ...

For community scientists interested in helping map data about bumble bees, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs.

It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to talk to him. In nearby bee yards, Ramsey had seen hives ...