Research has found pollen-inspired microparticles may protect bees from pesticides. This novel strategy for detoxifying bees exposed to widely-used pesticides was designed using biotechnology. The ...

A technology that would enable beekeepers to detoxify hives of pesticides was developed at Cornell University and is now being licensed through a new company called Beemmunity. “Beekeepers can feed ...

Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are ...

Honeybees keep the agricultural industry abuzz by pollinating crops in farms. But extreme weather and shifts in plants’ flowering periods have made pollen scarce, causing them to starve. “I think it ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Agricultural crops such as fruits rely on honeybees for much of their pollination work, but in recent years, honeybee populations have declined globally due to the use of pesticides, other insect ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - A Cornell University-developed technology provides beekeepers, consumers and farmers with an antidote for deadly pesticides, which kill wild bees and cause beekeepers to lose around a ...