For decades, a hot topic in the world of western honey bees has been the question of where these essential crop pollinators and suppliers of most of the world’s honey originated. The answer was previously believed to be Africa. But a research team led by York University has reached a new conclusion: Western Asia.
Honey Bees Are Struggling with Their Own Pandemic - Scientific American Blog Network
The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 2, Issue 2, e2 (10/10/2020) – Food environment related to the Decline in Bee Populations as a Public Health Issue – Shakespeare and Darwin
Bee Informed: Pesticides and Future Generations of Bees, Honey Bee Origin, and A Win for Pollinators
Western Honey Bee Origin: It's in the Genes - Bug Squad - ANR Blogs
Nature: Western honey bees likely originated in ASIA - and not in Africa as previously thought
Beekeepers Seek Resistance to the Honeybee's Most Fearsome Enemy
Bee Representations in Human Art and Culture through the Ages in: Art & Perception Volume 10 Issue 1 (2022)
Sex between species: what happens when invasive honey bees meet the locals?
Bee Informed: Pesticides and Future Generations of Bees, Honey Bee Ori
Western Honey Bees Most Likely Originated in Asia, Researchers Find - EcoWatch
Asian Honey Bee - Apis cerana - Singapore Geographic
Bee Informed: Pesticides and Future Generations of Bees, Honey Bee Ori
Beepocalypse now': Micro-sensors stuck to honey bees to help solve mass deaths
Thrice out of Asia and the adaptive radiation of the western honey bee
Why Are Honeybees Disappearing?