News and Media

The plight of the humble bee. BBC Science Focus, 10/1/2019

Notes from the lab. American Bee Journal, 9/2/2019

Domestic honeybees are driving wild populations of bumblebees to extinction by infecting shared plants with killer diseases. Daily Mail, 6/27/2019

Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species. Grist, 6/27/2019

Honeybees infect wild bumblebees through shared flowers. Domestic beehives linked to spike in viral infections in nearby bumblebee populations. ScienceDaily, 6/26/2019

Are commercial honeybees making wild bees sick? PBS News Hour, 6/26/2019

Diseased honeybees are spreading infections to wild bumblebees, Earth.com, 6/26/2019

Commercial honeybee apiaries may transmit viral infections to wild bumblebees through flowers. IFLScience!, 6/26/2019

Why flowers may be partially to blame for the deaths of wild bumblebees. Inverse. 6/26/2019

How honeybees may infect bumblebees, UVM Today. 6/26/2019

Honeybees infect wild bumblebees-through shared flowers. Phys.org. 6/26/2019

Bees kept for honey are killing wild species by spreading disease, study suggests. Independent. 6/26/2019

Alger joins VHB as Environmental Scientist/Pollinator Specialist May 29, 2019, Vermont Biz

Pollinators are Vital to Agriculture May 24, 2019, Lancaster Farming

Bee declines a concern for U.S. food supply May 23, 2019, The Saratogian.

Senate Oks bee-harming pesticide restriction May 7, 2019, Vermont Digger.

Nicholson et al.: Pass Bill H.205 to save Vermont’s bees April 28, 2019, Vermont Digger.

Save Vermont bees: Senators should pass Bill H.205 April 27, 2019, Times Argus.

House approves bill that restricts use of bee-harming pesticide March 26, 2019, Vermont Digger.