by Chris Tachibana | Jun 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Murder hornets are indeed deadly, confirms Paige Embry in Scientific American. Stings from the Asian giant hornet can kill humans, Paige writes, but a major worry is the threat to our already fragile bee populations. Learn about how crucial North American bees are to...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
Did you know that native bees pollinate tomatoes but honey bees can’t? Learning that fact inspired Paige Embry (@PaigeAEmbry), a long-time gardener, to write a book about the wonders of America’s native bee species. Pre-order Our Native Bees: North...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2015 | ScienceWire
Honeybee colony collapse, Sylvia Kantor @kantors discovers, might be halted by mycologists as well as entomologists. In a story for Crosscut, Sylvia talks with a mushroom expert and a Washington State University bee researcher who are finding compounds from mushrooms,...
