
Picture shows beekeeper Wolfgang Fenz, undated. He manages several honeybee colonies in Wöllersdorf near Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria. (NewsX/Bee)
Cold Spring Cut Back Austrian’s Honey And Fruit Harvest

Picture shows a bee on a flower, undated. The combination of honey bees and mason bees as pollinators yields a much bigger harvest than with only one species. (Julia Osterman, NewsX/Bee)
Mason Bee Pollination Boosts Cherry Harvest, Study Confirms

Picture shows the Varroa destructor (Varroa mite) an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees, undated. (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, NewsX/Bee)