Category Archives: Entomology

Entomology

So-called “killer bees” are essentially indistinguishable from typical honeybees like the ones shown above.

 Entomology September 05, 2025

Yes, killer bees are back. No, you shouldn’t panic.

Unprecedented 2024-25 overwinter honey bee losses resulted in over $600 million in estimated economic impacts to beekeepers across the country. Scientists are linking the losses to high viral loads and mite resistance. (Photo courtesy of the UGA Bee Lab)

 Entomology August 04, 2025

Scientists identify high viral loads, mite resistance as key factors in recent honey bee losses

The Asian needle ant is only 3/16 of an inch long, but its sting packs a hefty dose of venom.

 Entomology June 05, 2025

Are Asian needle ants your backyard’s next invasive threat?

Thanks to the most comprehensive study of wild bees in Georgia blueberry fields to date, researchers have deepened our understanding of the diversity of native pollinators that help fuel one of the state’s top commodities. Among the species identified was the southeastern blueberry bee (Habropoda laboriosa), a non-aggressive, solitary specialist that uses buzz pollination to release blueberry pollen. In just three weeks, a single female can help produce more than 6,000 berries. (Photo by Bodie Pennisi)

 Entomology May 27, 2025

Wild bees crucial to Georgia’s blueberry success, CAES research shows

Researchers working with fire ants are trying to understand how a small group of ants can convince a larger group to change a fundamental aspect of their behavior—whether they kill or nurture multiple queens. Their work was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 Entomology May 07, 2025

A minority can influence whole group to change, study finds

Pinned specimens of common tiger (Danaus genutia) and common crow (Euploea core) butterflies. (Photo by Maria Luisa Müller-Theissen)

 Entomology April 02, 2025

Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of butterfly disease

Illustration of grasshopper, ladybu, and butterfly with a blue background, green grass, and a tree on the right side.

 Entomology March 05, 2025

A Bug’s Life

Braconid wasps use a class of viruses called bracoviruses that can hijack the cells of their hosts without destroying them, expressing genes important to the survival and development of the wasp’s offspring while it feeds on the live host.

 Entomology February 05, 2025

CAES researchers study how parasitic wasps use ancient viruses to ensure survival

The study represents the most detailed and comprehensive picture to date of the health of the monarch fall migration in eastern North America.

 Entomology October 16, 2024

The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is

UGA student Counting Pollinators

 Entomology July 31, 2024

Join the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, Aug. 23-24