Tag: Insects

Crime has beekeepers buzzing as they take desperate measures to protect hives

Luke Gentile · February 22, 2022 12:00 am

60,000 bees were stolen from the GIANT company's pollinator farm.

60,000 bees stolen from a grocery store’s headquarters

Abigail Adcox · February 10, 2022 3:03 pm

Mark Emrich, a beekeeper with the Olympia Beekeepers Association helps transfer approximately 25,000 honeybees to two hives installed on the lawn of the Governor's mansion, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at the Capitol In Olympia, Wash. The group hopes to raise public awareness about the decline in bee populations throughout the United States, and how honeybees contribute to Washington's agriculture economy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

What really harms the bees?

Bill Wirtz · January 29, 2022 2:00 pm

A brown marmorated stink bug attacks fruits crops, including wine grapes. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Silent Earth is long on bias, short on science

Henry Miller · October 9, 2021 10:00 am

Bees kill dozens of endangered penguins in South Africa

Kaelan Deese · September 20, 2021 1:31 pm

An Asian giant hornet from Japan is held on a pin by Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Dept. of Agriculture, Monday, May 4, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. The insect, which has been found in Washington state, is the world's largest hornet, and has been dubbed the "Murder Hornet" in reference to its appetite for honey bees, and a sting that can be fatal to humans.

First live ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 discovered in Washington state

Jeremy Beaman · August 13, 2021 9:34 pm

An April 20, 2004 file photo of a tick, a bloodsucking parasite increasingly common in Sweden.

Pennsylvania officials warn of increased prevalence of ticks

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2021 1:00 pm

An April 20, 2004 file photo of a tick, a bloodsucking parasite increasingly common in Sweden.

Illinois residents could see an uptick in ticks

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2021 11:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Democrat’s legislation would hike up food prices to save nonendangered bees

Henry Miller · July 7, 2021 1:00 pm

Cicada

Cicada causes Ohio car crash, police say

Charles Hilu · June 12, 2021 1:00 pm

Influx of Brood X cicadas in Washington light up weather radar

Kaelan Deese · June 9, 2021 6:35 pm

Cicada

Don’t eat cicadas if allergic to shellfish, FDA says

Charles Hilu · June 2, 2021 9:08 pm