Tag: Insects
The Latest: COVID-19 cases tick up in northwest China city
BEIJING - Numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases in China’s northwestern city of Urumqi continue to rise, with another 17 reported on Monday, bringing the...
Even during pandemic beekeeping remains an essential service
WASHINGTON (AP) - “Excuse me, can I ask what you’re doing here?†a resident in a southeast Washington neighborhood asks as Sean Kennedy and...
Even during pandemic beekeeping remains an essential service
WASHINGTON (AP) - “Excuse me, can I ask what you’re doing here?†a resident in a southeast Washington neighborhood asks as Sean Kennedy and...
US honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey shows
American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds.Beekeepers only lost 22.2% of their colonies this past winter,...
EU urged to act against pesticides to fight insect decline
BRUSSELS (AP) - Environmental groups are urging the European Union to take drastic action to protect insects, saying in a report Tuesday that more...
Bug experts dismiss worry about US ‘murder hornets’ as hype
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet†- unless you are a beekeeper or a...
‘Murder Hornets,’ with sting that can kill, land in US
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The world's largest hornet, a 2-inch killer dubbed the "Murder Hornet" with an appetite for honey bees, has been found...
‘Murder Hornets,’ with sting that can kill, lands in US
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The world's largest hornet, a 2-inch killer dubbed the "Murder Hornet" with an appetite for honey bees, has been found...
Bugged: Earth’s insect population shrinks 27% in 30 years
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) - The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers...
Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and...
