Beyond Pesticides

Study Shows Synergistic Effects of Pesticides and Mites in Bees, Adding to Science on Colony Decline

(Beyond Pesticides, August 21, 2025) The presence of Varroa mites in combination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid increases the risk of bee mortality and disrupts the larval gut ...

Murrieta's 'Honey Princess' Advocates For Bees, Earning Masters In Entomology At UC Riverside

"I wear the tiara to attract attention, then I turn that attention to the bees," says the Grad Student with high school ...
Westword

Buzz Off: How the Focus on Saving Honey Bees Could Sting Colorado’s Native Bees

Seven years ago, Andrea Montoya took her grandson to play in Boulder Creek – and her life changed forever. “My husband said, ‘Did you see that structure over there? That’s called a bee house,'” ...
KETV Omaha

'Community science is a powerful conservation tool': Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas looking for volunteers

HELP SOME OF IOWA’S SMALLEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE BUMBLEBEE ATLAS. IS JENNY PUGA, A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST WITH THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION. THANKS FOR ...
EurekAlert!

‘Every single species is a unique product of evolution, like a work of art’: how Dr Kit Prendergast champions bees and biodiversity

What inspired you to become a researcher? I’ve always had a passion for nature and biodiversity, ever since I was a child (David Attenborough was, and still is, an inspiration). After completing my ...