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Wired
May 22, 2007
Greta Lorge |
Can a Tiny Microphone Save the Bees -- and the Food Supply? An entomologist at the University of Montana, has decided to wire this hive because he believes it's in the early stages of "colony collapse disorder," a syndrome that has caused the deaths of billions of bees nationwide -- and baffled scientists.   |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Alan Bjerga |
U.S. Queen Bees Work Overtime to Save Hives Although beekeepers are pumping up the number of honey bees, Colony Collapse Disorder still threatens $15 billion in agriculture. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
The Buzz on Bee Viruses Technology designed for human viruses is helping solve a bee riddle. |
Science News
July 28, 2007 |
Science Safari: Bee All Here's a site to learn more about the important role honeybees play in plant health and agriculture. |
National Gardening
Amy Bartlett Wright |
The Other Pollinators Many fascinating creatures do the essential work of transporting pollen. |
Reason
January 2008
Ronald Bailey |
Buzz Kill Researchers have found an acute paralysis virus present in 96% of collapsed honeybee hives, dispelling theories of biotech crops and cell phones causing the insect's demise. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Paul Wallich |
Beehackers Beekeeping engineers bring cheap widgets to a 19th-century craft. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: The Butterfly Effect A dramatic and mysterious collapse in honey bee colonies could effect more than just the higher-end, natural food stores. If things get bad enough, we could see a trickle-down effect everywhere from Hershey to Wal-Mart. |
Chemistry World
April 11, 2013
Mark Peplow |
Pesticide bee buzz needs more evidence There are opportunistic infestations that gain a foothold in hives where bees are already weakened by some other factor. Could that factor be pesticides? A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides could indeed be responsible for colony collapse disorder. |
National Gardening
Marla Spivak |
Keeping Honeybees A beehive in the garden ensures a good seed crop and fresh honey for the table |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Controversial pesticides down but not out The US Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by environmental groups and beekeepers over the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. The European Food Safety Agency also issued a report highlighting several risks posed to bees. |
Fast Company
September 2009
Anne C. Lee |
A Taste of the Honey Business The bees of America have been working hard all summer: To make a pound of honey, they have to fly the equivalent of eight roundtrips between New York and Paris. Now it's time to enjoy the fructose of their labor. Have a taste of the facts and figures on honey. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Native bees Encourage native bees for improved pollination... |
Chemistry World
April 22, 2015
Michael Gross |
Bees 'prefer' neonicotinoid-laced nectar Bees may prefer to feed on nectar contaminated with neonicotinoids, so their exposure could be higher than previously assumed. |
Chemistry World
May 27, 2015 |
US targets neonicotinoid use in pollinator plan The White House has unveiled a strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators that aims to revisit neonicotinoid insecticide use. |
Chemistry World
April 21, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Insecticide studies provide clues to bees' disappearance A rapid analytical technique could facilitate more extensive studies of the reasons for the worldwide decline in bee populations. Studies using the method suggest insecticides used to coat crop seeds may be partly to blame. |
Smithsonian
June 2007
David Zax |
Interview: May Berenbaum An interview with an expert on the colony collapse disorder talks about the role of cellphones, pesticides and alien abductions in the honeybee crisis. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
US moves in different direction on pesticides As the EU introduces a two-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides over concerns that they are decimating bee populations, the US government appears headed in a different direction. |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2015
Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Bee immune system discovery points way to pollinator 'vaccines' Bees use an egg yolk protein to prime their offspring's immune system against different pathogens, Finnish researchers have discovered. |
Inc.
August 2008
Shivani Vora |
Passions: Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID Scott Mitic helps protect consumers from identity theft by monitoring their credit reports. Outside the office, he relishes tending to his backyard hive and making his own jars of honey. |
Chemistry World
August 28, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Worker bees 'chemically castrated' through diet The role of the phytochemical p-coumaric acid in determining whether female honey bee larvae develop into queens or workers has been discovered unexpectedly by researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2006
Bea Perks |
Honeybee Genome Unveiled The humble honeybee is giving up its genetic secrets, now that scientists have unveiled the insect's entire genome sequence. Chemists have a lot to learn from the honeybee genome. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Another pesticide linked to honeybee deaths Global chemicals giant BASF is disputing a new assessment from the European Food Safety Authority warning that the insecticide fipronil poses a major risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Multiple insecticides are bad news for bumblebees Colonies of bees were exposed to two classes of insecticide and observed for several weeks. Long-term exposure to the two insecticides had a significant impact on the colonies. |
Chemistry World
January 18, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU food agency links pesticides to bee decline Chemical giants Bayer CropScience and Syngenta are both disputing the conclusions of a report from the European Food Safety Authority that says that bees might be at risk from neonicotinoid insecticides produced by the two companies. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban The European Commission has proposed suspending the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides on any agricultural crops that attract bees, populations of which have steadily declined in recent decades. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2013
Laura Howes |
Europe to ban controversial pesticides Three neonicotinoid insecticides are to be banned from use on crops that attract bees for two years in the EU. This follows a vote by member states yesterday. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Chemical fingerprints of prehistoric beekeepers discovered Researchers have found evidence that humans have been exploiting honeybees for almost 9000 years by examining the 'chemical fingerprint' left by beeswax on pottery artefacts from the Neolithic period. |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2010
John Lauerman |
Innovator: Rob Wood The Harvard engineering professor is creating mechanical insects that could be used in agriculture, medicine - and even espionage. |
Popular Mechanics
January 5, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
10 Badass Beetles and the Technology They Inspire With so many beetles in a wide range of environments, it's no surprise that some have evolved impressive traits, including fantastic maneuverability, the ability to breathe underwater and superpowerful immune systems. |
National Gardening
Jim Wilson |
The Day the Ladybugs Came When a blessing becomes a nusiance: lady beetles may cause inconvenience but will do no actual harm when clustered in or on houses. |
