2025 has been a rough year for the honey bees and their keepers. Reports of extreme colony mortality began in January, just before the almond bloom which requires the pollination services of an ...

This repository implements several swarm optimization algorithms and visualizes them. Implemented algorithms: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Firefly Algorithm (FA), Cuckoo Search (CS), Ant Colony ...

FACING A CRISIS THAT THREATENS THEIR EXISTENCE. RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SHOWS OUR STATE IS AMONG THE HARDEST HIT, LOSING AS MUCH AS 70% OF BEE COLONIES IN THE PAST YEAR. KETV ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Beekeepers report losses of over 60 percent of their colonies in Texas, devastating the population. “Big difference for this year versus years past is, it’s just so widespread.

HOUSTON – A very large honeybee colony that has taken up residence in a tree in Downtown Houston will be removed Monday evening after people were reportedly stung on their way to Daikin Park Sunday.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) are helping American beekeepers solve the mystery behind a widespread honey bee colony collapse and its ...

Commercial beekeepers suffered colony losses of 62% between June and February, according to a nationwide survey. “This is unprecedented and a crisis,” said Matt Mulica, facilitator of the Honey Bee ...

Bee colonies across the country died at alarming rates last year although the Alabama pollinators fared slightly better, according to an annual survey. The survey is conducted by Auburn University, in ...

Abstract: Bee Colony optimization techniques are inspired by the high level of mutual intelligence shown by the natural bees in the food foraging process. It is a population based natural search ...