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Researchers have developed a new, easier way to find the answer to the question, "How much carbon is stored in soil?"

ARS researchers have developed a unique mobile system that assesses and maps out soil carbon to a depth of 30 centimeters (the plow layer) – all in real time.

Intercropping perennial herbaceous crops with trees successfully increased organic soil carbon levels.

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.

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.

Planting cover crops and not tilling the soil improves the soil’s carbon balance with minimal impact on the water balance.

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 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.