Matthew D. Smart

TL;DR: Detailed metrics of honey bee health were assessed over three years in colonies positioned in the same six apiaries and related them to eventual spring survival for California almond pollination to identify relationships among measures of colony and individual bee health that impacted and predicted overwintering survival of colonies.

TL;DR: It is suggested that developmental exposure to pesticides in brood comb increases the susceptibility of bees to N. ceranae infection, and at a younger age, compared to those reared in low residue brood combs.

TL;DR: Investigation of land-use changes occurring in the US Northern Great Plains is affecting habitat for managed honey bee colonies in a region supporting >40% of the US commercial colony stock, revealing that land-cover features used by beekeepers when selecting apiary locations are decreasing and that corn and soybeans are becoming more common in areas with higher apiary density.

TL;DR: This article examined the influence of varying land use on the survivorship and productivity of honey bee colonies located in six apiaries within the Northern Great Plains state of North Dakota, an area of intensive agriculture and high density of beekeeping operations.

TL;DR: Comparing pollen identification results derived from light microscopy and DNA sequencing techniques with samples collected from honey bee colonies embedded within a gradient of intensive agricultural landscapes in the Northern Great Plains throughout the 2010–2011 growing seasons shows that DNA sequencing is an appropriate, and enhancing, substitutive technique for accurately capturing the breadth of bee-collected species of pollen present across agricultural landscapes.