News tagged with bee keepers
Bumblebees dive in to fill a void
Native pollinators such as these fat, fuzzy bumblebees, once an overlooked sideshow in the insect world, are gaining widespread appreciation among everyone from backyard gardeners to big-time farmers. That's because European ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Antibiotic dangers trap bees in a Catch 22
Honey bees are trapped in a Catch 22 where antibiotics used to protect them from bacterial illnesses ravaging hives are making them die from commonly used pesticides, some of which are used to ward-off bee-killing ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Marla Spivak: A scientist with a real bee in her bonnet
How do we study bees and why are they disappearing? How are scientists working to save bees? Marla Spivak--a MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished McKnight Professor, and extension entomologist in the Department ...
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Home-made honey could fight superbugs
Cardiff University researchers and the National Botanic Garden of Wales are appealing for help in building up a DNA profile of the nation’s honey. They hope to use the information to identify plants which ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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New technique could help solve mystery of vanishing bees
Ecologists have developed a better way of rearing bee larvae in the laboratory that could help discover why honey bee populations worldwide are declining. The technique, together with details of how statistics adapted from ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Fears Asian bee is Australia's next cane toad
The aggressive and invasive Asian honey bee could become as bad a pest in Australia as the cane toad, a senator warned Wednesday, adding that the insect could threaten the country's food supply.
Mar 02, 2011 |
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'Swindon Honeybee' could save Britain's bees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Honey bee numbers have been declining almost everywhere due to a pesticide-resistant mite called Varroa. Now a beekeeper in Britain claims to have discovered a strain of bee that destroys ...
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Group seeks endangered listing for bumblebee
(AP) -- A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list.
Jun 23, 2010 |
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UF research finds that 'killer' bees haven't stung U.S. honey production
(PhysOrg.com) -- In just a few years after Africanized honey bees were introduced to Brazil in 1956, the aggressive bees had dominated and ruined domestic hives throughout South and Central America. According to University ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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The evolution of orchids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin and many other scientists have long been puzzled by the evolution of orchids, the largest and most diverse family of flowering plants on Earth. Now genetic sequencing is giving ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies
(AP) -- The decline of honeybee colonies has slowed slightly since last fall, but a mysterious combination of ailments is still decimating the insect's population, federal researchers say.
May 20, 2009 |
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