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• NEW!   The  Plastice Legacy: Are the Toxic Chemicals in Plastice Affectig You and Your Bees?  by Ross Conrad, in Bee Cuture, July 1, 2023.
• Pollen As a Nutrient Source, by Bhavana Kunkalikar, first printed in Nutrients, Bee Culture, June 16, 2023
• Honey Bee Vaccine, by Dalan Animal Health, in Bee Culture, June 9, 2023
•  How Much Will the New AFB Vaccine Help Honey Bees? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, February 9, 2023
•  Lab-Kept Honey Bees, University of Maryland, in Bee Culture, January 18, 2023
•  First Honey Bee Vaccine, by Louise Franco, in Bee Culture, January 9, 2023 
•  Sunflowers Make Bumblebees Poop, by Elizabeth Anne Brown, in Bee Culture, January 5, 2023
•  Honey Bee Nutrition Research, by Shelby Lawson, in Bee Culture, December 20, 2022
•  A Short Exposure to a Semi-Natural Habitat Alleviates the Honey Bee Hive Microbial Imbalance Caused by Agricultural Stess, pdf, by June Gorrochategui-Ortega et al, in Scientific Reports,November 6, 2022
•  Auburn Profs Discuss Losses, by Roberto Molinari, Geoffrey Williams, and Stephanie Rogers, in Bee Culture, December 12, 2022
•  Honey Bee Lifespans are 50% Shorter Today Than They Were 50 Years Ago, by Kimbra Cutlip, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland, November 14, 2022
•  Natural Products for Honey Bee Health, by USDA, Agricultural Research Service, in Bee Culture, November 4, 2022
•  Sick Queens Have Shriveled Ovaries, by University of British Columbia, in Bee Culture, October 31, 2022
•  Backyard Beekeepers = Higher Colony Losses, by Matthew Weaver, in Bee Culture, October 6, 2022
•  World's First Honey Bee Vaccine, by Business Wire, in Bee Culture, October 5, 2022
• The Health of Colonies in Montana, in Bee Culture, reposted from Montana News,  September 15, 2022
•  DNA in Honey Reveals Honey Bee Health, by Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Alexander Fleming, in Bee Culture, August 10, 2022
• Half of Canadian Colonies Are Dead, by the Canadian Press,  in Bee Culture, July 28, 2022
•   Scientists Find There Are 70% Fewer Pollinators, Due to Air Pollution, by Robbie Girling, James Ryalls, et al, University of Reading, study published in Environmental Pollution, reported by Open Access Government, January 2022
•  Honey Benefits Honey Bees Too, by Berly McCoy, in Bee Culture, November 5, 2021
• US Beekeepers Continue to Report High Colony Loss Rates, No Clear Progression Toward Improvement, by Josh Woods, Auburn University, The Newsroom, June 25, 2021
• Beehives Are Held Together By Their Mutual Gut Microbes, by Shahla Farzan, in Scientific American, April 20, 2021
• What Does the New Ruling on Oxalic Acid in Honey Mean? by Meghan Milbrath, in Bee Culture, March 12, 2021
• Parasites and Pesticides Act Antagonistically on Honey Bee Health, by Gwendolyn Bird, et al, in Bee Culture, March 3, 2021
• Honey Bee Vaccine, in Bee Culture, November 19, 2020
• Honey Bee Nutrition, by Texas A&M Honey Bee Research Program, in Bee Culture, September 21, 2020
• Veterinarians and Bees, by Alec Lee, in Bee Culture, September 1, 2020
• Even Honey Bees Struggle with Air Pollution, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, August 19, 2020
• Can Worker Bees Infect the Queen With Viruses? by Carolyn Bernhardt, in Bee Culture, July 17, 2020
• Genetically Modified Bacteria Used to Protect Pollinators, by Tim Sandle, in digital Journal, April 1, 2020
• Mushroom Extract for Honey Bees, by Sierra Dawn McClain, in Bee Culture, March 16, 2020
• Viewpoint: Almond Growers Driving Bees to 'Extinction'? Challenging the Latest Pollinator Decline Scare Story, by Angela Logomasini, in Genetic Literacy Project, February 5, 2020
• Engineered Honeybee Gut Bacteria Trick Attackers Into Self-destructing, by Susan Milius, in Science News, January 30, 2020
• Bacteria Engineered To Protect Bees From Pests and Pathogens, by University of Texas at Austin, in Phys.Org, January 30, 2020
• How Does Climate Change Affect Bees? by Sharon Omondi, in World Atlas.com, December 6, 2019
• Blaming Farming Practices, by Iowa State University and University of Illinois, in Bee Culture, December 9, 2019
• Power Lines May Mess With Honeybees' Behavior and Ability to Learn, by Rachel Fritts, in Science News, November 12, 2019
• Study: CCD Effects on Commercial Bees Are "very small", by Jonathan Knutson, in AgWeek, October 28, 2019
• Bee-Friendly Companies Are Getting the Science of the Crisis Completely Wrong, by Troy Farah, in OneZero, October 28, 2019
• Bee Markets Still in Good Shape Despite Pressures from Parasites and Colony Collapse Disorder, by Alexandru Micu, in ZME Science, October 7, 2019
•  NEW! What's All the Buzz Around Microbes? And, Fumigillin Returns to Combat Nosema, Both Good News! in Bee Culture, October 1, 2019
• Is High-fructose Corn Syrup Bad for Bees? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, October 1, 2019
• Honey Bees Can Get STDs, Too, by Shaunacy Ferro, in Mental Floss, August 1, 2019
• The Biggest Threats to Bees in America, by Liz Blossom, in 24/7 Wall St., August 13, 2019
• The World Faces 'Pollinator Collapse'? How and Why the Media Get the Science Wrong Time and Again, by Jon Entine, in Genetic Literacy Project Project; Science Not Ideology, July 30, 2019
• There's a Direct Correlation Between Gut Bacterial Numbers in Honey Bees and the Overall Health of Hives, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture, August 7, 2019
• Risk to Pollinators From Anthropogenic Electro-magnetic Radiation (EMR): Evidence and Knowledge Gaps, by Adam J. Vanbergen et. al, in Science Direct, December 2019
• Climate Change Cachets, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture,  August 3, 2019
• The Key is Not Whether They Encounter a Disease - It's Whether They are Fit and Healthy Enough to Fight it Off, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture, August 5, 2019
• U.S. Beekeepers Lost Over 40% of Colonies During the Last Year..., by Samantha Watters, in American Beekeeping Journal, June 20, 2019
• Boosting Bee Health ... Naturally, by Sue Kendall, in U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 19, 2019
• Honey Bee Colony Losses 2018-2019: Preliminary Results, by Bee Informed Partnership, June 19, 2019
• More Bad Buzz For Bees: Record Number of Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, by Susie Neilson, in National Public Radio, Inc (US), June 19, 2019
• Mites and Insecticides Prove Killer Combo for Honey Bees, in SWI Swissinfor.ch Natural Science, June 4, 2019
• Big Data and Innovations for Healthy Bees, Project B-Good Seeks to Create a EU-Wide management and Heath Data Platform to Assist Sustainable Beekeeping, in Bee Culture, July 3, 2019
• Honey Bee Health Coalition Urges Utilizing Best Practices, Collaboration and Integrated Pest management Strategies..., by Honey Bee Helth Coalition, June 2019
• Researchers Look to Fungi to Help Keep Honeybees Healthy, by Kate Prengaman, in Good Fruit Grower, March 21, 2019
• Sentinel Apiary Program, by Bee Informed Partnership, in Bee Culture, April 17, 2019
• Propolis Power-up: How Beekeepers Can Encourage Resin Deposits for Better Hive Health, by Andrew Porterfield, in Bee Culture, April 16, 2019
•  WSU to Use New Refrigerators in Study to Help Save Honey Bees, by Scott Weybright, in WSU Insider, April 10, 2019
• Discovering the Critical Role of the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome in Health and Defense Against Parasites, by Richard Fell and Jenifer Walke et. al, in Bee Culture, March 21, 2019
• Georgia Scientists Show That More Propolis Means Healthier Bees... and Here's How to Make That Happen, by Andrew Porterfield, in Bee Culture, January 2, 2019
• Eyes in the Sky: Mapping Bee Health, by Devon Maloney, in Bee Informed, December 4, 2018
• Can Listening to Bees Help Save Them - and Us?, by Tim Bowler, in BBC News, November 12, 2018
• Sunflower Pollen Seems to Cause Real Problems for Nosema Ceranae, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture, October 16, 2018
• Fungus Provides Powerful Medicine in Fighting Honey Bee Viruses, by Scott Weybright, WSU, in Bee Culture, October 13, 2018
• Extracts of Polypore Mushroom Mycelia Reduce Viruses in Honey Bees, by Paul E. Stemets, et. al. in Nature, Scientific Reports, October 4, 2018
• Brood Affects Hygienic Behavior in the Honey Bee, by Kaira Wagoner, in Journal of Ecomonic Entomology, Septerber 13, 2018
• 2018 Overwinter Losses of Backyard Beekeeper With 10+ Colonies: PNW  Honey Bee Survey, by Dewey Caron, July 8, 2018
• Smart Beehives and Heat Treatments Could Protect Bees from Decline, by Catherine Colllins, in Horizon the EU Research & Innovation Magazine, May 4, 2018 
• Honey Bee Colony Losses 2017-2018 Preliminary Results, in Bee Informed, May 23, 2018
• The Honey Bee Apocalypse Was Never Real; Here's Why, by John Entine, in American Council on Science and Health, April 17, 2018
•  Bees Shouldn't Become the Next "Fake News" Victim,  by John Entine, in American Council on Science and Health, March 1, 2018
• Monsanto and St Louis Biotech Startup Develop Tool to Protect Bees and Fight Pests. by Eli Chen St Louis Public Radio, in Cee Culture, April 24, 2018
• Scientists Create Microparticles That Could Help Save Honey Bees, by Pranjal Mehar, in Bee Culture, April 21, 2018
• Economic Effects and Responses to Changes in Honey Bee Health, by Peyton M Ferrier, et al, in Bee Culture, April 3, 2018
• Sick Bees Eat Healthier, by Lori Lach, in Bee Culture, March 10, 2018
• Why Did My Honey Bees Die? Learning to Identify a Common Cause of Winter Death in Northern Climates, by Meghan Milbrath,  in Bee Informed, March 6, 2016
• Where There's Lead in the Environment, There's Lead in Honey Bees, by Alan Hartman, in Bee Culture, January 28, 2018
• Using Medically Important Antimicrobials in Bees; questions and answers from the FDA, in Bee Culture, January 19, 2018
•  Why Does Bee Health Matter? The Science Surrounding Honey Bee Health Concerns and What We Can Do About It, by Marla Spivak, et al, in CAST Commentary QTA2017-1, June 2017
• This Creates an Urgent Need for New Fertilizers and Pesticides that Don't Harm Bee Populations... and Offers Major Commercial Opportunities for Labs That Can Create Those Chemicals, by Christina Valimaki, in Bee Culture, June 25, 2017 
• There's Good Correlation Between Bee Health and Agriculture According to UT Research, in Bee Culture, May 25, 2017
• Veto-Pharma Distributes Apilifevar a Natural Thymol-Based Product in the U.S., in Bee Culture, April 27, 2017
• How to Eat a Plant: Phytochemical lDetoxificaton in Bees vs. Butterflies, a video presentation by Dr. May Berenbaum, University of Illinois, posted in AGRO, Chemistry for and from Agriculture, on March 20, 2017
• A Core Set of Genes Involved In the Responses of Honey Bees to Multiple Diseases Has Been Identified, by Sara LaJeunesse, in Bee Culture, March 12, 2017
• Despite Few Taste Genes Honey Bees Seek Out Essential Nutrients Based on Season, in Science Blog, February 9, 2017
• Providing an Additional Source of Minerals Might Be Just the Thing for Honey Bees,  in Bee Culture Magazine, February 25, 2017
• Grow Wise, Bee Smart: Promoting Healthy Habits, by the Horticultural Research Institute. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Bee Health in the Horticulutral Industry.  2015
• Fresh Pollen is Better for Honeybees Than Old Pollen Substitute..., by Jan Suszkiw,  in Bee Culture Magazine, November 30, 2016
• New Findings About the Honey Bee's Deformed Wing Virus, from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, November 26, 2016
• New Organic Acid Varroa Mite Medication, in Bee Culture Magazine, October 15, 2016
• Federal Directive Brings Veterinarians and Beekeepers Together: Drugs for Honey Bee Disease Will Require Veterinarian Prescription in 2017, by R. Scott Nolen, in Bee Culture Magazine, October 5, 2016
  
• Give Bees a Chance, collaborative project by Washington State University and the Washington State Beekeepers Organization on the use of mushroom extract feeding to increase longevity and resistance to CCD, 2016
• Nutrition Matters: Stress From Migratory Beekeeping May Be Eased By Access to Food, by North Carolina State University, August 24, 2016
• ARS Research Leads to Better Understanding of Bee Health, by Kim Kaplan, in USDA Agricultural Research Service, August 2, 2016
• Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists Statement on Honey Bee Wintering Losses in Canada (2016), prepared by CAPA National Survey Committee and Provincial Apiculturists
• Beekeepers Can't Change The Winter, But They Can Change The Bees,  by Max Bartlett, May 10, 2016
• Nation's Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Bees in 2015 - 16,  BeeInformed Partnership, May 10, 2016.
• The Dangers of Over-harvesting Honey, by Melissa Caughey, in Keeping Backyard Bees, March 30, 2016. 
• Beware the Ides of March, by Heidi Hermann, March 17, 2016
• Learning to Identify a Common Cause of Winter Death in Northern Climates  by Meghan Milbrath, Michigan State University Extension, March 8, 2016
• 10 Reasons Beehives Die in the Winter,  by Melissa Caughey,  in Keeping Backyard Bees, September 29, 2015.
• When Disaster Strikes By Tony Jadczak, State Apiarist in Maine State Beekeepers Association, Feb 28, 2016
  
• How to Autopsy a Honey Bee Colony,  By  Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com, 2014
• U.S. Beekeepers Lost 40% of Bees in 2014–2015, Science Daily, May 2015 - Annual report on honey bee health
• Why Bees are Disappearing by Marla Spivak - A 2013 video talking about four interactive reasons about why bees have started disappearing
• Report on the National Stakeholders Conference on Honey Bee Health, October 2012 - Includes information on CCD, nutrition, pathogens, pests, pesticides, and more