UG leads new study to investigate how wild bees survive across Europe - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

UG leads new study to investigate how wild bees survive across Europe - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM University of Galway is leading a new study to investigate the survival of wild honey bees across Europe. It’s a cross-European collaboration called the “Free B Project” and it coincides with World Bee Day this week. Free living honey bees were once thought to be extinct in the wild. We now know they’re not – but there’s still a lot of mystery around how these colonies have survived, or if they’re sta…