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Scientists have assembled a collection of yeasts that convert agriculture waste into bio-oil, which is then easily converted into biodiesel or renewable jet fuel.

ARS researchers discovered that bees collect pollen from centipedegrass flower heads.

A long-term honey bee monitoring network helps researchers to better understand colony performance and survivorship over multiple seasons.

ARS researchers are studying genetics and breeding to make honey bees more resilient.

ARS scientists are investigating ways to ensure agriculture can produce renewable fuels that will help diminish our carbon footprint.

Scientists conducted research on how farm management practices could maximize elephant grass’s utility as a bioethanol feedstock.

ARS scientists are investigating ways to ensure agriculture can produce renewable fuels that will help diminish our carbon footprint.

ARS scientists are investigating ways to ensure agriculture can produce renewable fuels that will help diminish our carbon footprint.

A new variety of sugarcane has high fiber content, excellent regrowth ability, high stalk population, cold tolerance, disease resistance, and excellent biomass yield.

Researchers with the ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Unit have identified a region of the honey bee genome linked to reduced colony defensiveness.

Scientists conducted research on how farm management practices could maximize elephant grass’s utility as a bioethanol feedstock.

ARS scientists have developed 'Liberty' a new switchgrass that is well adapted to the Upper Midwest and produces 530 gallons of bioethanol per acre.

Scientists are looking into how they can improve upon the grass cattle put in their bellies and you put in your tank.

ARS scientists successfully used tung oil as the starting material for a new additive to improve the performance of diesel fuel.

Putting honey bees into indoor cold storage in October rather than November increases their chances of surviving the winter.

Collaboration between ARS scientists and more than 30 national and international institutions resulted in two new pollinator bee genome sequences.

ARS scientists are exploring ways to convert household waste into methane and ethanol that can be used to power trucks or generators

ARS researchers are focusing on the honey bee “microbiome”—the bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the insect's gut.

Two oilseed crops that are good for pollinators—pennycress and camelina—can fit into profitable rotations with corn and soybeans.

Collaboration between ARS scientists and more than 30 national and international institutions resulted in two new pollinator bee genome sequences.

ARS researchers are improving bioenergy production to advance the economic feasibility of producing high-quality biodiesel and jet fuels from renewable biomass.