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10,000 bees ground a CHP helicopter. A beekeeper comes to the rescue
Almost 10,000 bees swarmed a California Highway Patrol helicopter last week, leaving officers scrambling for how to safely respond.
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New studies find that bees actually want to eat the pesticides that hurt them
Taken together, the two new studies are particularly chilling.
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Bee losses are buzz kill for crops
Managed honey bee colonies suffered annual losses of 42%, with summer declines outstripping winter losses for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday.
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Suicide By Pesticide
What the honey bee die-off means for humanity. By Chris Martenson.
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How Urban Beekeepers Safeguard Their Hives
Across the country, the fuzzy flyers are dying off or being snatched. Apiarists share their tips for keeping hives alive.
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[South African] Bees are ‘sick of humans’ but man will feel the sting
In a worrying development which could threaten food production, South Africa's traditionally tough honey bees -- which had been resistant to disease -- are now getting "sick of humans", with the population of the crucial pollinators collapsing, experts say...
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The Truth About Bees
All of our ideas about bees are based on one species, the European honeybee. Most of the others are nothing like it
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Protect More Bee Species to Safeguard Crops, Say Scientists
Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists.
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It Turns Out Bees Are, Quite Literally, Worrying Themselves to Death
They’re dying of stress, which is stressing us out. But we’ve only got ourselves to blame.
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Bees feeding on fungicide-dosed flowers develop health issues, studies say
While insecticides are a known deadly threat, two studies find that bees exposed to fungicides are smaller, sickly and declining in ‘chemical cocktail’ farmlands
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Capitol Hill Abuzz after 15,000 Honey Bees Swarm
Beekeepers were called in to capture and remove about 15,000 honey bees that had swarmed around the main Senate entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Oslo creates world's first ‘highway’ to protect endangered bees
From flower emblazoned cemeteries to rooftop gardens and balconies, Norway's capital Oslo is creating a “bee highway” to protect endangered pollinators essential to food production...
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Honey Bees - Hive - Live Cam
This infrared view of the inside of the hive shows the complex inner workings of the honey bee colony.
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Fredericton Bee Swarm
A block of downtown Fredericton,New Brunswick was all abuzz on Thursday afternoon after a large swarm of bees took over the branches of a small tree in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel
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How a law that failed to protect eagles could offer a lesson to save honeybees
The Bald Eagle Protection Act, signed into law 75 years ago on June 8, 1940, was well-intended. A multi-pronged assault on the raptors was taking its toll...
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Burt Shavitz, Namesake And Co-Founder Of Burt's Bees, Dies
Shavitz was "a wild-bearded and free-spirited Maine man, a beekeeper, a wisecracker," the company writes. He was 80.
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The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans
In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct consequence of human greed. We need to help our small buzzing friends or we will face extremely unpleasant consequences.
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Tiny transmitters glued to the backs of bees for the first time
James Cook University researchers in Australia are creating a buzz in bee research, gluing tiny transmitters to the backs of the insects for the first time.
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@riogardens • A friend's farming and beekeeping projects (as logged with pictures)
My buddy lives around Ottawa and he's starting a permaculture farm on his land. His brother has already been beekeeping for the better part of three years. This is his instagram feed. I wanted to share it because I think that it's important to encourage this kind of thinking today! Happy browsing. I hope that
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Colony Collapse Disorder is SOLVED with the Bee Pole!
Solve Colony Collapse Disorder with the Bee Pole. Who knew dead wood could help save humanity?
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