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Zombie bees found in S.F. Chronicle hives
Redwood City :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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After several months of using a light lure to trap our Chronicle bees at night, researchers at San Francisco State University have found zombie bees in our hives...State lab proved to be infested with Apocephalus borealis, a small parasitic fly that
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Why are these bees swarming a hydrant?
Stafford :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Some downtown office workers were all abuzz about a swarm of honeybees that made their temporary home on a fire hydrant at the corner of Milam and Prairie, but the bees took off before a removal operation could get off the ground. The bees were a hot
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Beekeepers keeping busy trying to save habitats
Denver :: CO :: USA | 10 months ago
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But a boom in backyard beekeeping and urban gardens is generating momentum to ensure healthy pollination for food. "There are remedies," said Gretchen LeBuhn, a San Francisco State University biologist whose annual national bee count finds that bee
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Getting a good taste of summer
Princeton :: IL :: USA | 10 months ago
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33 p.m.CDT Updated:Friday, August 3, 2012 12:35 p.m.CDT (BCR photo/Dick Todd) \This mason bee collects pollen on its abdomen, rather than in pollen baskets like the more familiar honey bees. This tiny insect is native to North America along with more
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Hive talking: Tomas Libertiny's bee art
Rotterdam :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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One man and his 40,000 bees Tomas Libertiny's Unbearable Lightness ' Whatever you do," says Tomas Libertiny, "don't make the bees angry." We're standing in a field in Skanzen, Slovakia, in front of a row of hives that contain Libertiny's latest work
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Giving an old bee a youngster's job causes brain rejuvenation [Biology]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Researchers at Arizona State University have successfully reversed brain aging in honeybees, by giving them responsibilities that are typically handled by much younger members of the hive. The change in occupation appeared to trigger a series of
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O.C. firm started with 5,000 bees in the wall
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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People come up with some crazy ideas when they lose their jobs or business. Bill Walter, who lives in Silverado Canyon, became a beekeeper . I have written a lot of stories over the years about people who make big career changes after losing their
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Our Garden: Beekeeping secrets
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Then she will take half of the bees with her to start a new colony, leaving the old hive for the new queen. But if you make sure the colony has plenty of room to grow, the queen may not produce her replacement and the colony will stay put, at least
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When bees attack? Huge swarms spotted in New York
Kelowna :: Canada | 11 months ago
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Guy Dixon The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 19 2012, 7:26 PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 19 2012, 7:28 PM EDT Honey bees are invading pockets of New York: Our first reaction should be huge relief that they are still around and in apparent
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Eco Green Corner: The buzz about disapearing bees
Lawrenceville :: NJ :: USA | 12 months ago
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With warmer weather approaching, flowers are beginning to bloom all around us, birds are swiftly passing overhead and the bees are buzzing past our ears...Since 2006 beehives across the country have increasingly been turning up barren...This
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