pollination

Of bees, mites, and viruses:

Posted in Science on 25th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Virus infections after arrival of new parasitic mite in New Zealand honeybee colonies.

Tiny flying robots are being built to pollinate crops instead of real bees

Posted in Hardware on 5th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Honeybees, which pollinate nearly one-third of the food we eat, have been dying at unprecedented rates because of a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.

Suspicious Virus Makes Rare Cross-Kingdom Leap From Plants to Honeybees

Posted in Science on 2nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The tobacco ringspot virus, scientists announced last week, has made a jump that defies credulity.