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More proof pesticide causes bee Colony Collapse Disorder

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health links the commonly used neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid directly with bee (honey bee)...
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Pesticides proven to be a cause of bee death

Two studies reported in Scienceexamined the relationship between bee deaths, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and one of the most widely used crop...
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Hell hath no fury like the Queen bee

I know you’ve heard about cat fights, but let me tell you about Queen Bee fights……….A queen bee is created from...
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Sleep deprivation affects honey bees' ability to communicate

Sleep deprivation affects how a person feels and behaves, and it also impacts how that person can communicate with others. Is the same true for...
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Honey bee basics part 3 - the queen bee

A queen bee (marked with a green dot) Photo by the author. All rights reserved. This spring's USDA/AIA-initiated honey bee survey, which reported...
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Honey bee basics part 2 - drones, Varroa and breeding bees

May 7, 2010Last week a preliminary report from the USDA announced that one-third of the US of honey bee colonies did not survive the 2009/2010...
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Honey bee basics part 1 - the denigrated drone

April 30, 2010Corrected May 7, 2010As spring firmly takes over from the harsh rigors of winter, one of the things beekeepers look for in their...
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Book review: Why Do Bees Buzz?

April 16, 2010 Third in Rutgers "Animal Q&A" series (Rutgers University Press), Why Do Bees Buzz? provides an abundance of...
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Help researchers understand colony collapse disorder - beekeepers, fill out the USDA survey

USDA Agricultural Research Service March 30, 2010The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, in conjunction...
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Personal commentary: joys of beekeeping

March 25, 2010I started keeping bees last year for the honey. I love honey, but I also love mead and mead making. My husband and I had experimented...
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