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Schrader: Where bees go for the winter
DeKalb :: IL :: USA | about 5 hours ago
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This column might seem out of season, as there are no bees outside collecting nectar from our flowers or orchards, and the honey is all removed now from hives and on store shelves. But have you ever wondered where the little creatures go for the winter...
Tags: Steve Bock, Kishwaukee River, DeKalb, Pollinators, Beekeeping in the United States, Worker bee, Beekeeping, European honey bee, Bee, Honey, Honey bee
Outbreak of deadly bee mite 'inevitable'
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Australia's bees is considered to be among the world's cleanest and most delicious. The country is one of the last in the world to resist the insidious encroachment of the Varroa mite, a pinhead-sized insect that has devastated bee populations around...
Tags: Varroa, Australia, varroa mite, european honeybee, Sydney, Environment, Beekeeper, Mite, Colony collapse disorder, European honey bee, Beekeeping, Varroa destructor, Honey bee
Ohio beekeepers try to breed cold-weather bees
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Ohio – Every fall, Barry Conrad crosses his fingers and hopes that most of the bees in his 50 hives will survive the coming winter. Cold weather is a huge threat to bees, which also are plagued by parasites, pesticides, hive-invading predators and a mysterious...
Tags: Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio State Beekeepers Association, Ohio State University, Dana Stahlman, Fort Wayne, Honey bee, Honey, Drone, Apiary, Queen bee, Beekeeping, Worker bee, Beekeeper, Environment
Killer bees may have nasty sting, but they aren't too smart
Brighton :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility Increased intelligence had been suggested as one reason for this expansion. Now, according to a report in New Scientist, a team led by Margaret Couvillon at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, found that this is not the case. The team tested the...
Tags: killer bee, Margaret Couvillon, United Kingdom, Brighton, Livestock, Apidae, Africanized bee, Honey bee, European honey bee, Beekeeping, Pollinators, Bees
Bees discover nectar through temperature-sensing abilities
New Delhi :: India | 13 days ago
Credibility According to American scientists, honeybees have the capacity to locate nectar in flowers by sensing the temperature of their food. Biologists at UC San Diego, has found that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Livestock, Apidae, Honey bee, Bee, Honey, Beekeeping, Pollinators, Pollination, Environment
Beekeepers Stung by Theft of Top-Value Hives
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Baker had high hopes for his valuable hives as he readied them for the cross-country journey to California's almond groves. Instead, bandits stole nearly $10,000 worth of his brood. "It's like taking your heart out and expecting you to prosper," Baker...
Tags: West Virginia, California State Beekeepers Association, Mark C. Baker, Dion Ashurst, Patricia Johnson, Orin Johnson, Charleston, Brood, Colony collapse disorder, Honey bee, Honey, Beekeeping in the United States, Beekeeping, Beekeeper, Beehive
Area man promotes beekeeping
Springfield :: IL :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility For David Burns, beekeeping has gone from a hobby to a full-time devotion of beekeeping. “In 1994, a friend from my church called me and told me he had a tree fall over and it had a swarm of bee in it,” explained Burns. “My friend was a beekeeper and...
Tags: worker bee, queens bee, David Burns, Sheri Burns, University of Illinois-Springfield, Illinois Queen Initiative, Dr. Stu Jacobson, CCD, laying egg, royal jelly, Springfield, Honey, Queen bee, Beekeeper, Beehive, Drone, Beekeeping, Honey bee
Cell Tower Complaint Filed With FCC on Behalf of Honey Bees
On October 28, 2009 a local Washington, DC area telecommunications services company executive filed an informal complaint with the FCC stating that the GSM mobile system is modulated at 217 HZ and interferes with the honeybee "natural" operating frequency...
Tags: cell, tower, complaint, fcc, honey bee, honey, bee, bees, frequency, colony collapse disorder, ccd
Go & Do: Aug. 20
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Anna Pohl at 704-4366 or apohl@ddabradenton.com. National Honey Bee Awareness Day: The Suncoast Beekeeper’s Association will sponsor the National Honey Bee Awareness Day Event 10 a.m.-2 p.m...This free, family friendly event will feature observation...
Tags: honey bee, bee awareness, national honey
Reuters, UK: Health of England's honey bees under threat
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility England's honey bee colonies are dying at an alarming rate due to disease and a lack of coordinated response by health authorities, a parliamentary report concluded on Tuesday. England and Wales have around 250,000 colonies of honey bees, which contribute...
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