Agriculture

Protein Booster Could Help Preventing Honeybee Colony Loss
Honey bees survive winters in cold climates by forming a thermoregulating cluster around the honey stored in the colony. Recent research showed overwintering colony losses are linked to a specific metabolic pathway connected to how bees apportion their energy resources. (Jay Evans and Judy Chen, ARS, NewsX/Bee)

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Andalusian Government Vows To Support Apiarists
Picture shows Carmen Crespo - the Andalusian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, undated. She told apiarists at a summit in Seville the regional government would continue providing financial support in the foreseeable future after having provided subsidies worth EUR 3.5 million (GBP 3.1 million) last year. (NewsX/Bee)

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Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (left) and entomologist Thomas Zuna-Kratky pose in an undated photo. The team of scientists headed by Dr Thomas Zuna-Kratky from Vienna University's Department of Evolutionary Biology found that 1,580 square kilometres of soil - which is four times the size of the federal capital - had been sealed within the last 30 years. (BML/Hemerka, NewsX/Bee)

Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources

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Massive Queen-Breeding Plan For Balearics Unveiled
Picture shows what appear to be Spanish bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis), undated. The Ministry for Agriculture and Nutrition announced it would inject EUR 250,000 (GBP 219,000) into a new queen-breeding initiative on the Balearic Islands in support of the Spanish bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). (NewsX/Bee)

Massive Queen-Breeding Plan For Balearics Unveiled

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