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Bee Health
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- Managed Pollinator CAP Update: Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae: A comparative study in the honey bee host
- Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae: A comparative study
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- Acaricide, Fungicide and Drug Interactions in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
- Chemical interactions within the honey bee hive shown to combine causing toxic results
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- Managed Pollinator CAP Update: Recollections of European Apis Mellifera Germplasm for Honey Bee Breeding
- CAP Update February 2013: Collection of Honey Bee Germplasm Part 2
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- Managing Small Hive Beetles
- The small hive beetle Aethina tumida (SHB) is an invasive pest of bee hives, originally from sub-Saharan Africa. These beetles inhabit almost all honey bee colonies...
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- Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments and Honey Bee Health
- Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.
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- NASA, HoneyBeeNet, and Bee Informed Measuring Change, Saving Bees
- Beekeepers can participate in collecting data to measure climate change using hive scales
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- Varroa Mite Reproductive Biology
- Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.
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- Lessons Learned by the Managed Pollinator CAP: Impacts of Varroa Parasitism on Honey Bee Health
- Learn about some of the latest research into bee decline.
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Information Articles
- Colony Collapse Disorder
- Pesticides and Bees
- Nosema Disease
- Varroa Mites
- Small Hive Beetles
- European Foulbrood
- Videos: Bee Diseases and Pests
- UGA and MAAREC
Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding
- BeeMail Shelter
- Native Bee Benefits: .pdf download
- Some Native Bees
- Collecting Bees
- Identifying Bees
Community of Practice
Bee Informed PartnershipAnswers from our Experts
Recent Learning Lessons
- July 24, 2012
- Penn State Beekeeping 101
- December 09, 2011
- BEES: Beekeeper Education and Engagement System
- July 20, 2009
- Healthy Bees Course from Univ. of Minnesota
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In the News...
- May 09, 2013
- Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Honeybees Lost in Winter 2012-13
- May 03, 2013
- USDA and EPA Release New Report on Honey Bee Health
- March 13, 2013
- Northeast Bee Population Declines Confirmed
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