Boris Baer News Today

Though bees can live for years, their mating period is brief so male honeybees use a bee version of Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol - colloquially roofies) to improve their chances of being the successful dad.

A couple weeks ago I republished my article from 2016 entitled Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). CCD afflicts honey bee colonies when worker bees (those that collect pollen and nectar from

California's wet winter drove bees into their hives, so they haven't been pollinating with their usual efficiency.

The Fall 2022 issue of UCR Magazine features Barbara Baer-Imhoof and Boris Baer, the married UC Riverside entomologists at the forefront of the fight to save honey bees — and our future.

A state appeals court ruling allows four species of bumblebee — the Crotch bumblebee, the Franklin bumblebee, the Suckley cuckoo bumblebee, and the Western bumblebee — to be added to the state's endangered species list.

We checked in with a bee expert at UC Riverside for some updates and tips.

Two University of Pretoria (UP) academics have excelled in two programmes that form part of the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science awards, which support young female scientists and reward scientific excellence.Postdoctoral research fellow Dr Ezette

At Mating Time, These Ants Carry Their Young Queen to a Neighbor’s Nest The royal matchmaking service may help these insects avoid inbreeding. A Cardiocondyla elegans ant carrying its queen to another nest.Credit...Mathilde Vidal By Richard Sima May 13, 2021 We humans have Tinder, Hinge, eHarmony and Grindr. For other animals, there’s a real dearth of matchmaking services, not even Bumble or Plenty of Fish. But for future queens of one ant species, sterile worker ants seem to serve th...

Bee Health - Part 1 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are leading a new effort to stop and reverse a worldwide decline in honeybees. To boost dwindling honeybee populations, the University of California’s Office of the President has awarded $900,000 to a four-campus network of bee researchers and engineers. Boris Baer is a professor of entomology at UC Riverside and principal investigator of the proj...

FAIRFAX, VA – As much of the nation waits patiently for the arrival of spring, the pest control industry is readying itself for termite season. To help prepare consumers as well, the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA), which serves as the public outreach arm of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), is working to educate homeowners during Termite Awareness Week, March 7-13, 2021. This annual designation is recognized by Chase’s Calendar of Events and serves as a crucial ...