by ez ryze | Aug 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by ez ryze | Jun 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by ez ryze | Apr 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by ez ryze | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Nature’s Own Medicine: How Scientists Are Breeding Bees That Fight Disease From the Inside Out A groundbreaking study from the University of Vermont may have just changed the future of beekeeping — and the fate of our food supply. Honey bees from...
by ez ryze | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Europe’s Wild Bees Are Sliding Toward Extinction — What That Means for All of Us (and What You Can Do) In mid-October 2025, a major update to the European Red List sounded a clear alarm: at least 172 of 1,928 assessed wild bee species in Europe are now threatened with...
by ez ryze | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s not often that a chance encounter with nature becomes the spark for a medical miracle. Recently, Popular Mechanics shared a stunning story about Ellie Lobel, a former nuclear physicist who, after years of debilitating late-stage Lyme disease, found herself in...
