#apismellifera — Public Fediverse posts

Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Apis #apismellifera #bee #California #Honeybee #insect #Mite #parasite #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/583689/

Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Apis #apismellifera #bee #California #Honeybee #insect #Mite #parasite #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/583689/

Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Apis #Apismellifera #Bee #CA #California #Canada #Honeybee #Insect #Mite #Parasite #UnitedStates #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/602556/

#HelianthusAnnuus #ApisMellifera #Bombus #Pollinators
#Pollination #PlantInsectInteractions
#Entomology #Botany #FieldObservation

#HelianthusAnnuus #ApisMellifera #Bombus #Pollinators
#Pollination #PlantInsectInteractions
#Entomology #Botany #FieldObservation

#HelianthusAnnuus #ApisMellifera #Bombus #Pollinators
#Pollination #PlantInsectInteractions
#Entomology #Botany #FieldObservation

#HelianthusAnnuus #ApisMellifera #Bombus #Pollinators
#Pollination #PlantInsectInteractions
#Entomology #Botany #FieldObservation

Ma manip en photos : Malena Sibaja Leyton, ingénieure d'études à EGCE

➡️ https://www.ideev.universite-paris-saclay.fr/news/2025/04/ma-manip-en-photos-malena-sibaja-leyton-ing%C3%A9nieure-d%C3%A9tudes-au-p%C3%B4le-%C3%A9cologie-degce/

#impact #climat #abeille #apismellifera #ameriquelatine #afriquesubsaharienne #ideev #egce

@IRD
@univparissaclay
@cnrsecologie @cnrs
@agroparistech
@inrae_france #malenasibaja

Honey bees (#Apismellifera) preselected for Varroa sensitive hygiene discriminate between live and dead #Varroadestructor and inanimate objects | Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37356-x
#varroa #Varroamilben #Bien #Bienen #Honigbienen #Apiformes

Achtung #Tierquälerei!
Flügel stutzen bei der #Bienenkönigin
Der Bienenkönigin die #Flügel um ein Drittel zu kürzen, klingt brutal und unnatürlich.
Gesetzlichen Vorgaben der EU-Ökoverordnung - Methode für Bio-#Imkereien ausgeschlossen. So heißt es in der EU-Verordnung 2018/848 (1.9.6.4. #Tierschutz), dass für die #Bienenhaltung folgende zusätzliche allgemeine Vorschriften gelten:

„Verstümmelungen wie das Beschneiden der Flügel von Weiseln sind verboten.“

„Das Flügelschneiden in eine #Tierwohlmaßnahme umzudeuten wäre so, als wenn man das #Abschneiden der Schwänze bei #Schweinen, oder das #Abzwicken der Schnäbel bei Hühnern als Tierwohlmaßnahme bezeichnen würde, weil damit das Abbeißen und Federpicken verhindert würde.“
Sagt Pausch, Sprecher des Bundesfachausschusses #Imker bei Bioland.
Trotzdem ist es gang und gäbe.
Bei der zu recht umstrittenen nicht artgerechten, #Schwarmverhinderung
Immer noch verbreitet. #Bienenliebe #Tierschutz #Ethik #Honigbienen #Apismellifera
#Bienen #hymenoptera #Honig

Statistische Belege für die Reduzierung der Wildbienenpopulation im Botanischen Garten #München durch #Honigbienenkonkurrenz
Der Anstieg der Zahl kultivierter #Honigbienen ( #Apismellifera ) in vielen europäischen Städten hat durch Konkurrenzeffekte unbekannte Auswirkungen auf die #Wildbienendichte.
Es fanden sich klare Belege dafür, dass eine hohe #Honigbienendichte zu einer Konkurrenzsituation bei zahlreichen Blumenarten führt.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-021-04862-6
#Bienen #Honig #Wildbienen #Honigbienen #hymenoptera #Beewashing #Hummel #biodiversität #Bienenliebe #Bienenschutz #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen

Researchers find unique adaptations of #fungus associated with bee bread
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-unique-fungus-bee-bread.html

An #Aspergillus flavus strain from bee bread of the Western #HoneyBee (#Apis mellifera) displays adaptations to distinctive features of the hive environment https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.10918

"The western honey bee, #ApisMellifera, stores large quantities of food in the form of #BeeBread... the abundant nutritional value of this food source also makes it an appealing target for #microorganisms."

A #bee flies toward a #Bottlebrussh #tree’s #red #flower.
#BottlebrushTrees are native to Australia, but have been naturalized to #Florida’s climate and they are popular, non-invasive, #ornamental plantings.
Their bold #RedFlowers are a particular appeal to humans and bees, though for different reasons.

Get a print of this image or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bee-flying-to-bottlebrush-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#MelaleucaCitrina, #ApisMellifera, #insect, #BottlebrushFlower, #FlyingInsect, #Photography

A #bee flies toward a #Bottlebrussh #tree’s #red #flower.
#BottlebrushTrees are native to Australia, but have been naturalized to #Florida’s climate and they are popular, non-invasive, #ornamental plantings.
Their bold #RedFlowers are a particular appeal to humans and bees, though for different reasons.

Get a print of this image or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bee-flying-to-bottlebrush-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#MelaleucaCitrina, #ApisMellifera, #insect, #BottlebrushFlower, #FlyingInsect, #Photography

A #bee flies toward a #Bottlebrussh #tree’s #red #flower.
#BottlebrushTrees are native to Australia, but have been naturalized to #Florida’s climate and they are popular, non-invasive, #ornamental plantings.
Their bold #RedFlowers are a particular appeal to humans and bees, though for different reasons.

Get a print of this image or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bee-flying-to-bottlebrush-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#MelaleucaCitrina, #ApisMellifera, #insect, #BottlebrushFlower, #FlyingInsect, #Photography

A #bee flies toward a #Bottlebrussh #tree’s #red #flower.
#BottlebrushTrees are native to Australia, but have been naturalized to #Florida’s climate and they are popular, non-invasive, #ornamental plantings.
Their bold #RedFlowers are a particular appeal to humans and bees, though for different reasons.

Get a print of this image or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bee-flying-to-bottlebrush-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#MelaleucaCitrina, #ApisMellifera, #insect, #BottlebrushFlower, #FlyingInsect, #Photography

A #bee flies toward a #Bottlebrussh #tree’s #red #flower.
#BottlebrushTrees are native to Australia, but have been naturalized to #Florida’s climate and they are popular, non-invasive, #ornamental plantings.
Their bold #RedFlowers are a particular appeal to humans and bees, though for different reasons.

Get a print of this image or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bee-flying-to-bottlebrush-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#MelaleucaCitrina, #ApisMellifera, #insect, #BottlebrushFlower, #FlyingInsect, #Photography

A western (European) honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Sooo fuzzy! :-)

#ApisMellifera #pollinators #honeybee #bees #westernhoneybee #europeanhoneybee #centralpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo

Western honey bee distracted from blueberry inflorescence by sunflower. #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

[Blueberry flowers courtesy CC image by JaneDoughnut on Flickr.]

Furthermore, Western honey bees quickly lose interest in blueberries when other types of plants are in flower (cue the Distracted Boyfriend meme). Here's a quote from Suzanne Batra: "... honey bees do not prefer blueberry flowers, and they may depart for more favored hosts, within their foraging range." #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

Batra, S.W.T. 1997. Solitary bees for Vaccinium pollination. Acta Horticulturae 446:71-76. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332522669_Solitary_bees_for_vaccinium_pollination

National Public Radio aired a segment on July 3rd that implied blueberries are completely reliant on Western honey bees. That is false. Blueberries are native to North America and are pollinated quite well, thank you, by native bumble bees and solitary bees. And growers who pack their fields with hives of (non-native) Western honey bees likely contribute to the decline of these indigenous pollinators. #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/03/1185391513/honeybee-deaths-rose-last-year-heres-why-farmers-would-go-bust-without-bees

The second clip shows a Honey Bee disturbed on Ceanothus by a Dark-edged Bee-fly.

Spring has started quite slowly: still relatively few nectar sources and daytime temperatures need to be a bit higher too.2 of 2

#ApisMellifera #BombyliusMajor #HoneyBee #BeeFly #Ceanothus
#Pollinators