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Government-bred super bees – a possible answer to the question: Who will save...
About a third of our diet depends on the pollination of crops by honeybees, including many fruits, vegetables, seeds, beans and spices. Over the past 30 odd years, the honeybee population has been...
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Honey Bees to Receive Help Along French Roads
Image Source: Flickr Throughout North America, Europe and Asia, the honey bee has been severely affected by a mysterious ailment, known as Colony Collapse Disorder. This strange disorder has wiped out...
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Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Draws Attention to Honey Bee Plight
Image Source: HelpTheHoneyBees.com Honey bees suffering from the growing malady Colony Collapse Disorder are receiving aid from an unexpected source: Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Now, I’m sure you may be...
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Conservation Groups Petition to Protect Bumblebee Under Endangered Species Act
Image Source: Screen capture from Ucanr.org.There is a new contender for the endangered species list from the US northwest: Franklin’s Bumblebee. Robin Thorp, an entomologist at the University of...
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Colony Collapse Disorder: The Disappearance of the Honeybee
Used under license from Shutterstock.com I used to hate bees. As a kid I threw stones at their hives and overhand smashed them into the pavement with my tennis racket. Now, as a compassionate and more...
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Proof that pesticides kill honeybees
image credit: Don Hankins (Flickr CC) The jury is in: common agricultural pesticides disrupt the navigation systems of honeybees and reduce the weight and number of queens in bumblebee hives. Two...
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Colony Collapse Disorder: The bees are still dying
The European Union recently voted to ban (or at least limit) three pesticides, which have been linked to large-scale bee die-offs. The three neonicotinoids damage the bees’ neurotransmitters so that...
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CSIRO Combines Bees and Technology to Aid Pollination and Understand Colony...
I’ll never forget the first time I was stung by a bee. I was about 3 years old, running barefoot through the yard and… I stepped on a bee. I didn’t like them much after that first encounter and for...
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Why we should bee worried
I won’t lie, I’m scared of bees. I find them a nuisance and after being stung several times as a child the sound of buzzing breaks me out in a sweat. This is an opinion many people share, but it...
View ArticleBelgium: the highest honey bee death rate in Europe
In winter 2012-2013, Belgium was the country with the highest bee death rate in Europe, according to a study published on April 7. At least 33% of bees, that is more than one third of the population,...
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