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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.