Bee News

Bees killed in Massachusetts; Cause unknown at this time

The state Department of Agricultural Resources was in Rehoboth Friday investigating a massive bee kill, said Wayne Andrews of the Bristol County Beekeepers Association. “It’s probably the biggest bee kill I’ve seen in my entire career,” said Andrews, a Dighton resident and retired superintendent of…
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Bees eyes correct flower color for ambient light

Boffins at Australia’s RMIT University in Melbourne (with colleagues from Monash and Deakin Universities and the University of Melbourne) looked at how honey bees process colour information, and found some of their five eyes sense ambient light. For honey bees, enhanced colour sensing is a…
Humor

Funny: Bad news / good news

A quick laugh from the comic Safely Endangered in regards to pollen counts. Yes, we know that wind born pollen does not equal pollinator style pollen, but it’s good for a chuckle anyway. I hope you enjoyed it. Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens…
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Bee Vision vs Human Vision

Bees are the undisputed champions of the pollination world. And their secret weapon? Sight. Like us, bees are trichromatic. That means they have three photoreceptors within the eye and base their color combinations on those three colors. Humans base their color combinations on red, blue…
Humor

Just insert your money here

So true. This would be easier. Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to share…