Paul Gunn speaks in undated footage. Bee removal experts in California are over the moon after receiving more than USD 10,000 in donations after dozens of colonies died in an alleged pesticide incident. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a bee captured by a Canadian museum's summer school attendant that has been identified as a rare species - not seen in the province for almost 70 years, undated. Zoologist Dr Cory Sheffield from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan Province, said the discovered type was determined to be a Macropis Cuckoo Bee specimen. (Saskatchewan Government, NewsX/Bee)
Summer School Student Finds Bee Species Not Seen In The Area In More Than 65 Years
A comparison of male and female bees clearly shows the sexual dimorphism in the eyes: The male (left) has significantly larger compound eyes than the female (right), which is attributable to the different tasks of the eyes, undated photo. (HHU/Institute of Evolutionary Genetics, NewsX/Bee)
Scientists Decode Honeybees’ Eye Size Gene
Picture shows a Thyreus picaron, undated. Karim Strohriegl from the Styrian Environment Protection Union (Naturschutzbund Steiermark) said the Thyreus picaron genus had been spotted at the defunct Hauenstein stone pit near Graz and on a hill outside Spielfeld in Austria. (Lorenz W. Gunzcy, NewsX/Bee)
Climate Change Sends Mediterranean Bees To Austria
Illustrative image of Carniolan honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica), undated. The Carniolan honeybee - which is a subspecies of the domesticated western honeybee (Apis mellifera) - is the prevalent honeybee species in Slovenia. (NewsX/Bee)