The global decline of wild bee populations is alarming. Landscapes characterized by intensive agriculture offer hardly any suitable habitats. Isolated local efforts are often not enough to counteract ...

Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter. A new study by Penn State researchers has found ...

They recommend using the ABC algorithm to explore the feature space and to find the most informative subset of features. This model draws on bio-inspired optimization and can balance exploration and ...