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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

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Beewise founders from left to right: Hillel Schreier, Eliyah Radzyner, Saar-Safra, Yossi Surin, Boaz Petersil. (Courtesy: Beewise)
March 30, 2022, 6:09 pm
Israeli bee tech startup Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives
Funding round led by Insight Partners; investors include subsidiary of UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company
By Ricky Ben-David
Inside the Beehome, an autonomous, automated hive by Israeli startup Beewise that can house up to 24 bee colonies. (Courtesy)
August 31, 2021, 3:18 pm
Israeli AI startup bets on robotic beehives to save global bee populations
Beewise says round-the-clock monitoring, care for honeybees will make world of difference in protecting pollinators, global food supply and agriculture
By Ricky Ben-David
Nataniel Sagi discusses the bee species he keeps at his sanctuary on Cozumel Island in Mexico, March 2021. (Julie Masis)
April 17, 2021, 4:10 am
In Mexico, Israeli expat makes a buzz with refuge for endangered stingless bees
Nataniel Sagi learned that local benign species were on the verge of extinction; he’s opened a conservation sanctuary and rescues colonies from deforestation
By Julie Masis
A bee sits on an iris flower near the town of Zichron Yaakov in northern Israel, February 4, 2017. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
January 20, 2021, 6:40 pm
Israeli researchers find a new bee species, amid worries about declining swarms
Little known about Lasioglossum dorchini, found in Alexander Stream National Park during research into best ways of rehabilitating habitats stunted by planted eucalyptus trees
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Honeybees are shown on a frame at beekeeper Denise Hunsaker's apiary on May 20, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP/Rick Bowmer)
June 28, 2020, 6:32 pm
Honey, I’m home: Massive beehive found in house’s window blinds
Residents of Jordan Valley home were unaware of find, but vigilant neighbors called apiary owner who made discovery and moved hive containing 35 pounds of honey
By ToI Staff
A couple of bumble bees inspect and pollinate a sunflower on a Gaddis Farms field in Bolton, Miss., Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
May 20, 2020, 6:34 am
To bee or not to bee: International Bee Day highlights plight of pollinators
90% of world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least partly, on animal pollination, along with over 75% of world’s food crops, 35% of agricultural land
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Border Police carry away a member of the "hilltop youth" during an evacuation of an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank. (Credit: Zman Emet, Kan 11)
May 14, 2020, 6:35 pm
Hilltop youth accused of attacking troops with beehive during outpost demolition
Residents claim beekeeper was only trying to take hive with him when they accidentally got loose, but security forces say it was hurled at them
By Jacob Magid
This Dec. 30, 2019 photo provided by the Washington State Department of Agriculture shows a dead Asian giant hornet in a lab in Olympia, Washington (Quinlyn Baine/Washington State Department of Agriculture via AP)
May 8, 2020, 7:31 am
Bug experts dismiss worry about US ‘murder hornets’ as hype
Entomologist May Berenbaum says mosquito is in fact the scariest insect, which WHO says causes millions of yearly deaths worldwide from malaria, dengue fever and other diseases
By Seth Borenstein
The giant Asian hornet (Screen grab/National Geographic)
May 3, 2020, 10:29 am
‘Murder hornet’ invasion in US sows dread over threat to bees, humans
Scientists want Americans to learn to recognize the 2-inch-long insect, warning that it could ‘forever change’ the ecology; up to 50 people a year die in Japan from its sting
By ToI Staff
A honeybee pollinating a flower. (Dana Wachter/Times of Israel)
April 21, 2020, 5:02 pm
Artificial pollinator aims to take sting out of bee colony loss
Israeli entrepreneur Eylam Ran says shortage of honeybees could plunge agriculture into major crisis, aims to market invention by 2023
By ToI Staff
The Technion team at the iGEM competition in Boston held by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Technion Spokesperson Office)
November 10, 2019, 4:14 pm
Technion students’ artificial honey nabs gold at international competition
The synthetic, vegan sweet stuff is produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis after reprogramming in the lab
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Oenothera drummondii, or evening-primrose flower, on a beach in Hong Kong. (Wikipedia/Geographer/CC BY-SA)
January 8, 2019, 3:33 am
Israeli scientists find a flower they say can hear approaching bees
Using petals as ears, the evening primrose sweetens its nectar in minutes when it hears sounds at the frequency of bees’ wing-beats
By ToI Staff
The Rosh Hashanah custom of dipping apples in honey had its start among Ashkenazi Jews. (Liron Almog/Flash90)
August 30, 2018, 3:32 am
Why vegans say it’s a problem for Jews to dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah
With some producers manipulating the bees’ living patterns to up output, some animal rights activists view the process as exploitative
By Josefin Dolsten
Compound eyes of a modern-day bee. (Gewoldi/iStock, by Getty Images)
December 10, 2017, 9:38 am
‘Oldest-ever eye’ revealed in 530-million-year-old fossil
Ocean-dwelling creature could make out predators and obstacles; had compound eyes similar to today’s bees, but no lenses
By Sue Surkes
Honey bee workers collecting artificial pollen diets from a feeding dish. (Credit: Harmen, P Hendriksma)
April 13, 2016, 7:09 pm
Study shows bees prefer healthy eats over fast food
Honeybees apparently instinctively go for a balanced diet – and the data could offer some clues on Colony Collapse Disorder
By David Shamah
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