{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"2025: Ten Bee News Stories","description":"Season 6 Episode 12 About Bees, Culture &amp;amp; Curiosity Podcast \u2013 2025: Ten Bee News Stories&amp;nbsp; Links to our ten featured news stories from 2025:&amp;nbsp; 62% Bee Losses Honey Bee Health&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/honeybeehealthcoalition.org\/survey-reveals-over-1-1-million-honey-bee-colonies-lost-raising-alarm-for-pollination-and-agriculture\/ Washington State study on colony losses&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/25\/honey-bee-colony-declines-grow-as-wsu-researchers-work-to-fight-losses USDA pinpoints reason for colony collapse&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.dvm360.com\/view\/usda-pinpoints-cause-of-recent-mass-honeybee-collapse Michigan State&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/news\/reports-of-high-honey-bee-colony-losses-and-how-farmers-and-growers-can-support-honey-bees USDA study shows virus magnification via mites&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/news-events\/news\/research-news\/2025\/usda-researchers-find-viruses-from-miticide-resistant-parasitic-mites-are-cause-of-recent-honey-bee-colony-collapses\/ UBC Pheromone signalling reduced by viruses, leading to supercedure&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.med.ubc.ca\/news\/ubc-research-reveals-why-honey-bees-overthrow-their-queen\/ Developmental and Caste Regulation (weak queen resistance to pesticides)&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net\/documents\/publicationstatus\/241858\/preprint_pdf\/b569fa5471ba21b61111b60552fd7aa0.pdf California Almond Growers PDF  https:\/\/www.almonds.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-07\/Cover%20Crops%20Best%20Management%20Practices%20BMPs_0.pdf Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems \u2013 natural mix of pollens leads to better bee success&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/sustainable-food-systems\/articles\/10.3389\/fsufs.2025.1555238\/full Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees.&amp;nbsp;Nature &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09431-y First continent-wide bee strategy (Canada and USA) plan to protect bees&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/honeybeehealthcoalition.org\/NABS\/ Recorded in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in December 2025. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation.&amp;nbsp; Podcast website: https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/540327\/site  About Ron Miksha: https:\/\/about-bees.org\/about-ron\/ Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst:&amp;nbsp; miksha@gmail.com ","author_name":"About Bees, Culture &amp; Curiosity","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/540327","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39574875\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39574875"}