Live bee samples were collected in August for RNA virus analysis. A 50 mL Falcon tube was gently dragged down the middle of a brood frame until filled with bees, and then capped and frozen at -80°C ...

Brood XIV cicadas, periodical cicadas, will emerge this season after 17 years, but likely won't appear in Michigan. Here's a ...

Dan Long shows a frame full of honey and bee brood — baby bees sheltered under wax caps preparing to emerge — in one of his hives at the main ...

Researchers discovered that not only do bees differ in their readiness to sting, but their personalities remain consistent.

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...

One focus of their efforts is helping beekeepers select for hygienic behavior – the ability of bees to detect and remove unhealthy brood from the hive. “It’s definitely more desirable for a beekeeper ...

Helping beekeepers identify hygienic behavior—the ability to identify unhealthy brood—is part of this process. "It's definitely more desirable for a beekeeper to have bees that are better ...

Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in about 13 states in 2025. The periodical brood of the insects last appeared in 2008. This year, Brood XIV periodical cicadas are set to emerge from the ground ...

A new hygienic testing method helps identify bee colonies better at preventing sickness. Now, scientists are working to breed these colonies to generate more resilient hives for commercial and ...

Millions of buzzing cicadas are expected to emerge this spring. We profile these noisy but harmless insects and map their ...

It is caused by Paenibacillus larvae ssp. larvae, a pathogen that infects the mid-gut of honey bee larvae (Sammataro and Avitabile, 2011). While healthy capped broods have a tight pattern of sealed ...