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Tag Archives: colony collapse disorder
Harvard study links pesticides to bee deaths
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees (Apis mellifera) can be linked with low-dose insecticides. Philip Case at the UK magazine Farmers Weekly tells us about research in the States, where CCD is a huge problem. This is a serious matter … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, America, apiculture, arthropod, Bayer, behaviour, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, Europe, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microsporidian, neonicotinoid, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, Syngenta, thiamethoxam
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In the United States, new pesticide labels will better protect bees and other pollinators
This week the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ‘new pesticide labels that prohibit use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present.’ You can see the new label design here. These new labels are supposed to stop people … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arthropod, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, conservation, dinotefuran, disease, entomoculture, farmer, gardener, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microlivestock, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, thiamethoxam, wild bee, wild pollinator
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A World Without Bees
Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
The world’s bee populations have been under stress in recent years, fueling concerns over the future of agriculture. The combination of colony collapse disorder—the cause of which remains disputed—and expanded use of certain classes…
Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, art, arthropod, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, disease, food, grocery, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, neonicotinoid, pesticide, politics, pollination, thiamethoxam, wild bee
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Honeybees and Varroa mites
I’m grateful to my fellow blogger narhvalur for pointing out this article about how the honey bee (Apis mellifera) seems to fight back against the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor). V. destructor lives down to its scary name. It’s associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, behaviour, colony collapse disorder, disease, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invertebrate, knowledge, larva, mite, parasite, pollination, research, Varroa destructor, vector, virus
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Learning from other organisms
If something works, it’s probably been developed already by natural selection. So we humans can learn from other organisms. My fellow blogger Anthropogen drew my attention to bee-brained robots. I like it that these tiny robots might prove useful as … Continue reading
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Tagged apiculture, beast of burden, behaviour, colony collapse disorder, disease, evolution, farm, honeybee, human, hymenopteran, pollination, poverty, research, technology, war
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Breeding the honeybee?
In recent years, hives of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) have been devastated in the States, European countries and Japan by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). It’s a serious matter because we need bees to pollinate crops and wild plants. CCD isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, behaviour, breeding, colony collapse disorder, disease, evolution, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invertebrate, knowledge, mite, parasite, pollination, research, selective breeding
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