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Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies
May 20, 2009 |
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(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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Genetic diversity in honeybee colonies boosts productivity
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Jul 20, 2007 |
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Why do queen honeybees mate with dozens of males? Does their extreme promiscuity, perhaps, serve a purpose?
Sex life may hold key to honeybee survival
Sep 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study finds higher pathogen loads in collapsed honeybee colonies
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Honeybees in colonies affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD) have higher levels of pathogens and are co-infected with a greater number of pathogens than their non-CCD counterparts, but no individual pathogen ...
New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.
Giant honeybees use Mexican waves to repel predatory wasps
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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The phenomenon of "shimmering" in giant honeybees, in which hundreds—or even thousands—of individual honeybees flip their abdomens upwards within a split-second to produce a Mexican Wave-like pattern across the bee nest, ...
A cure for honey bee colony collapse?
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with comple ...
Honeybee genome to enable genetic study of social behaviour
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Nov 20, 2006 |
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Oxford researchers are part of a global consortium that has sequenced the genome of the honeybee, publishing the results in Nature. It is first social insect to have its genetic instructions decoded, offeri ...
Honeybees overcome negative buzz in Washington
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees.
Urban beekeeping generates buzz
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure
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May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists in Germany have discovered a new mechanism of infection for the most fatal bee disease. American Foulbrood (AFB) is the only infectious disease which can kill entire colonies of bees. Every year, this notifiable ...
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