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A new suspect in bee deaths: the US government
As scientists race to pinpoint the cause of the global collapse of honey bee populations that pollinate a third of the world’s crops, environmental groups have indentified one culprit: US authorities who continue to approve pesticides implicated in the apian … Continue reading
Anhui: Biggest Honey Exporting Province in China in Jan-Nov Period
Between January and November, Anhui’s honey exports reached 26,056 tonnes, worth $49.5 million, ranking first in the country, local authorities said. The province saw a 48.15 percent and 50.56 percent year-on-year rise in the volume and value of the exports, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anhui, Business, China, European Union, Hefei, honey, Honey, Japan, United States
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Council’s eco-grant has pupils all abuzz
There’s a buzz at Mount Terry Primary School – and it’s not just coming from students excited about the coming holidays. The school recently bought a colony of stingless native bees and a hive for their outdoor kitchen garden, thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged adopt a hive, bee, Brian Little (footballer), Education, Gardens, Home, Native plant, pollination, United States
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When buying honey, be aware of impostors
Christmas is one of the most popular times to buy honey — either as a gift or for baking. And that means consumers need to watch for honey fraud, said Bevan Weed, president of the Wasatch Beekeeping Association. With the bee … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, China, Colony collapse disorder, honey, lancashire honey, Salt Lake City, United States, Utah
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Two insecticides a risk for human nervous system: EU
Brussels — The EU warned Tuesday that two widely used insecticides, one of which has already been implicated in bee population decline, may pose a risk to human health. The neonicotinoid insecticides acetamiprid and imidacloprid “may affect the developing human … Continue reading
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Tagged basf, Bayer, bee, EFSA, European Food Safety Authority, European Union, Syngenta, United States
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U.S. Sugar employee dies after bee attack in Clewiston
CLEWISTON—In what can only be described as a ‘freak accident’, a U.S. Sugar employee died last week after a swarm of bees stung him while he was conducting his normal rounds at his job. In the wake of the incident, … Continue reading
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Tagged Africanized bee, bee, Clewiston News, Florida, honey bee, Mother Nature, United States, Western honey bee
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Origins and Evolutionary History of the Honey Bee
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Tagged bee, Colony collapse disorder, honey, Honey, honey bee, Italian bee, Pollinator, United States, Western honey bee
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Bee visitors and their policing
The bumble bee is an important wild pollinator. For hive bees, many agriculturalists have to keep hives, while the many bumbly species look after themselves and have not suffered traumatic infections like the domestic species. Pesticides however have decimated them … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Bombus, Bumblebee, Colony, Foreign worker, Parasitism, Species, United States
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Let’s bee ‘aving you: Grumpy bear tries to fight bee
A massive Kodiak bear is finding this pesky bee a royal pain as it buzzes around his head just out of reach. This incredible comedic moment was captured in the bear den at Buffalo Zoo. Terry Cervi from Buffalo, New York, USA … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Biology, Christmas, Colony collapse disorder, European Union, honey bee, Kodiak bear, United States
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Strange migrating bees on the move in South America
ECUADOR, Dec. 9, 2013 — As scientists desperately research why honeybees are disappearing and dying at alarming rates, they now they have another unexplained behavior to figure out: Migration. Bees migrating back and forth to specific places with the seasons, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, bee, Colony collapse disorder, ECUADOR, Florida, Mother Nature, United States, United States Department of Agriculture
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Bee Researchers Make Friends with a Killer
In the Mexican highlands, nestled between towering cliffs blanketed with verdant temperate jungle, is the tiny mountain town of Tepotzlan. Home to an ancient Aztec outpost high in the mountains and inhabited with monkeylike creatures called coatis, it is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Africanized bee, bee, honey bee, Mexico, United States, University of Guelph, Western honey bee
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Honeybee Robots?
I don’t claim to have the most abundant flower garden at our home, but I think I saw fewer than about 50 honeybees all this year. And the bad news, as the media have reported now for months, is that … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, bee, Beekeeper, beekeeping, Colony collapse disorder, European Union, honey bee, United States
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Honeybee groups sue EPA over insecticide registration
A group of beekeeping groups has filed a challenge against the Environmental Protection Agency over its approval of the pesticide sulfoxaflor, which is highly toxic to honeybees. Sulfoxaflor, marketed by Dow Chemical under the brand names Closer and Transform, is … Continue reading
BridgePort Brewing Company Releases Oak Aged Honey Porter
If you weren’t able to make it down to this year’s Holiday Ale Fest and try BridgePort’s Oak Aged Honey Porter, the latest beer in their Mettle & Mash series, you can now find it on tap at their Northwest Portland pub. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol by volume, Beer, Christmas, Drink, Flavor, Food, Recreation, United States
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EPA sued over bees
Beekeepers are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its approval of a chemical they say kills honey producers. The pesticide sulfoxaflor is “highly toxic” to bees and other insects, the groups say, and could be contributing to broader declines … Continue reading
Alert over beehives
THE National Bee Keeping Association in Fiji is calling on beekeepers to be wary of the spread of virus and unwanted pathogens when beginning hives for their farm. Ministry of Agriculture’s national co-ordinator Honey Industry, Kamal Prasad said a viral … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, bee, Beekeeper, beekeeping, Farm, Fiji, United States, Urticaria
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Cameron all abuzz over project
Agriculture students at Cameron University are looking at a sweet future. A student with an interest in apiculture also known as beekeeping has been taking care of a commercial hive on the Cameron farm this semester and has already harvested … Continue reading
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Tagged Africanization, Agriculture, Agriculture Department, bee, Beekeeper, beekeeping, Cameron University, United States
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Guy Covered in 500,000 Bees
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Tagged bee, Beehive, Beekeeper, beekeeping, Colony collapse disorder, honey bee, United States, Varroa destructor
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Bee health debate heats up over pesticides
A new national campaign to restrict use of a widely applied group of pesticides is bringing increased attention to the question of how to improve the health of honeybees and other pollinators. This week a full-page advertisement appeared in major … Continue reading
Reason for vanishing honeybees remains a mystery, speaker says
FARGO – Since about 2006, experts from across the country have worked on answering a major question for American agriculture: What is killing America’s honeybees? Today, the question remains largely unanswered, although it is beginning to look like there is … Continue reading
VCE: VERMONT BUMBLE BEES IN PERIL
NORWICH – More than one-quarter of Vermont’s bumble bee species, which are vital crop pollinators, have either vanished or are in serious decline, according to a new investigation from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE). After conducting the most extensive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bumblebee, Conservation biology, Dartmouth College, Norwich, United States, VCE, Vermont, Western honey bee
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LaBelle family business is a sweet life
It’s an oft-repeated fact that in rural Hendry County, cattle outnumber humans by more than 2 to 1, with populations of 85,000 and 37,400 respectively . But in terms of sheer numbers, Renee Curtis Pratt has the county’s cattle industry … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, Colony collapse disorder, Food, honey, LaBelle, Southwest Florida, United States
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Bee film, talk set for Arms Library Tuesday
SHELBURNE FALLS — “Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us” is an award-winning documentary about “Colony Collapse Disorder” of honeybee hives and of efforts to preserve them. The film will be shown by the Buckland Energy Committee … Continue reading
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Tagged Apiary, bee, beekeeping, Berry, Colony collapse disorder, Pioneer Valley, United States, Venezuela
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The beekeeper’s holiday dreams of honeybees
degrees, Marc Hoffman and I donned our beekeeping veils to check out some of the hives he keeps on the far edge of an apple orchard at Heyser Farms market in Colesville. The bees were as active as ever, the foragers returning … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Beehive, Beekeeper, Colony collapse disorder, honey, honey bee, United States, Worker bee
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Documentary on bee crisis to be shown in Stourport
AN award-winning film about what would happen if bees became extinct will be shown in Stourport. The Wyre Forest Friends of the Earth will be presenting More Than Honey, a documentary by Oscar-nominated Markus Imhoof. The film supports the Bee … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Friends of the Earth, honey, Insects, Markus Imhoof, Stourport, Stourport-on-Severn, United States
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