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Sex life may hold key to honeybee survival

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The number and diversity of male partners a queen honeybee has could help to protect her children from disease, say University of Leeds scientists, who are investigating possible causes of the widespread increase ...


Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies (AP)

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(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.





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Beekeepers call for pesticide ban

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Environmentalists have joined Italian beekeepers in calling for a ban on the use of neonicotinoids after more than 40,000 bees died in recent months.


Bee keepers across U.S. suffering losses

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created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Beekeepers across the United States are noticing a large loss in hives from year to year and it is being attributed to colony collapse disorder.


Study: City bees better than rural bees

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created Jan 17, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A French beekeepers' association says it has determined bees reared in cities are healthier and more productive than bees raised in rural areas.


Measuring nectar from eucalypts

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created Jul 31, 2007 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The effect of logging on canopy nectar production in tall forest trees has for the first time been investigated by NSW DPI researchers, with funding from the Honeybee Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development ...


Urban beekeeping generates buzz

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Walking up to the roof of the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., is not a jaw-dropping experience. Exit the door and you are confronted with a sea of roof tiles and empty space -- there is nothing about this rooftop that ...


Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup

Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears ...


Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup

Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears ...


Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees?

Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees?

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created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (37) | comments 0

Far away from the snowdrifts outside our windows, spring is unfolding in California as the almond trees begin to bloom. Missing from the party are millions of honey bees typically trucked in to pollinate the ...


Honeybees overcome negative buzz in Washington

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees.


Beekeepers Work Hard For The Honey

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 25, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Van Morrison sang about it, Peter Fonda starred in a movie about it, and people from all over the world will pay top dollar just to get some of it. It's tupelo honey, a honey so distinct, light and smooth that people describe ...



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