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How Scientists Are Breeding Bees That Fight Disease From the Inside Out
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The California Bees Beating a Killer Mite
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Bee Science A wild hybrid honeybee population in Southern California is surviving Varroa mites at rates commercial hives can only dream of — and scientists finally know why. In 2025 alone, American beekeepers lost up to 62 percent of their managed colonies. That is not a typo, and it is not aRead more
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Bumblebees Can Plan Ahead. No One Expected That. A new study published in Science reveals that bumblebees can solve problems they were never trained for — a cognitive feat once thought exclusive to apes and elephants. A bumblebee looking at a white board problem solving. New research suggests theseRead more
SoCal’s Hybrid Bees Can Fight Off Deadly Mites
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April 2026 SoCal’s Hybrid Bees Can Fight Off Deadly Mites A UC Riverside study finds that a genetically unique honeybee population in Southern California suppresses Varroa mites at rates no commercial breed has ever matched. A Southern California hybrid honeybee hive hanging from a tree in theRead more