Beekeepers lose between 30 percent and 40 percent of their colonies annually, mostly to parasites and pathogens. Losses during one bad year in Indiana reached 60 percent.
Purdue University engineers and entomologists are making some sweet discoveries about how honeybees build and structure their honeycombs, which could lead to new fabrication techniques taken from the buzzing builders.
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WEST LAFAYETTE Beekeepers lose between 30% and 40% of their colonies annually, mostly to parasites and pathogens. Losses during one bad year in Indiana reached 60%. “The traditional methods of bee breeding have been around for nearly 100 years,” said Purdue University’s Brock Harpur, assi .
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Purdue University engineers and entomologists are making some sweet discoveries about how honeybees build and structure their honeycombs, which could lead to new fabrication techniques taken from the buzzing builders.