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A year since the varroa mite entered Qld, honey bee colonies have collapsed
Queensland beekeepers paying thousands each month to fend off varroa mites as colonies devastated Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 5:35am In March 2025, the 'varroa destructor' first appeared in Queensland beehives. It is believed the parasitic mite, deadly to European honey bees, was carried over the Scenic Rim from New South Wales, which has been battling varroa since 2022.
'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse
'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse In the book "Bitter Honey," writer and researcher Jennie Durant explores how industrial agriculture is destroying bees — and what can be done to stop them. There's an army of tiny workers buzzing around our fields, helping our food grow. But over the past few decades, populations of bees and other insect pollinators have dropped precipitously.
Worker bees build a 'royal palace' for the honeybee queen
Worker bees build a 'royal palace' for the honeybee queen June 10 : Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilized female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen - with the responsibility of serving as the colony's only baby maker - rather than just another worker? Until now, scientists believed it was solely because the chosen bee was served a special diet.
Millions of Bees Have Thrived Under a New York Cemetery for More Than a Century
A morning walk through East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, uncovered an immense colony of some 5.5 million subterranean bees. The discovery, which a Cornell University research team published in April in the journal Apidologie, documents one of the largest aggregations of these insects ever recorded. The population, belonging to the species Andrena regularis, occupies an area of about 1.25 acres and is crucial for pollination of the region's orchards, demonstrating that historic...
How honeybees really crown their queens
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Beekeepers work quickly to save thousands of bees from highway crash
Beekeepers race to save hundreds of beehives after 'confronting' crash Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 12:43pm In short: Beekeepers are working to save thousands of bees after a truck carrying their hives crashed on the Warrego Highway. The truck has not been moved and an exclusion zone is in place around the angry swarms. What's next: The surviving bees are expected to be relocated tonight to ensure their safety.