Honey bees Apis mellifera forage in a wide radius around their colony, bringing back
contaminated food resources that can function as terrestrial bioindicators of environmental …

Over the past decade, in some regions of the world, honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies
have experienced rates of colony loss that are difficult for beekeepers to sustain. The reasons …

Beekeepers attempt to manage their honey bee colonies in ways that optimize colony health.
Disentangling the impact of management from other variables affecting colony health is …

Declines of pollinators and high mortality rates of honey bee colonies are a major concern,
both in the USA and globally. Long-term data on summer, winter, and annual colony losses …

Managed honey bee colony losses are of concern in the USA and globally. This survey, which
documents the rate of colony loss in the USA during the 2015–2016 season, is the tenth …

For the past six years in which overwintering mortality of honey bee colonies has been
surveyed in the USA, estimates of colony loss have fluctuated around one-third of the national …

Beekeepers in the United States have experienced high losses of managed honey bee (Apis
mellifera) colonies for more than a decade. Long-term, multi-year monitoring efforts are …

Leader-based protocols for consensus, ie, atomic broadcast, allow some processes to
unilaterally affect the final order of transactions. This has become a problem for blockchain …

The parasitic mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) is a major cause of overwintering honey
bee (Apis mellifera) colony losses in the United States, suggesting that beekeepers must …

Honey bee colony losses in the US have exceeded acceptable levels for at least a decade,
leaving beekeepers in need of management practices to improve colony health and survival. …