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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.   |
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. |
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. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
The Buzz on Bee Viruses Technology designed for human viruses is helping solve a bee riddle. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2007
Michael Gross |
Deadly Beetles Intercept Bee's Warnings The small hive beetle invades colonies of the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) but not of the African strain. Researchers in the US have now found that the bee's very own chemical alarm signal plays an important role in the beetle's success. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Paul Wallich |
Beehackers Beekeeping engineers bring cheap widgets to a 19th-century craft. |
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. |
National Gardening
Amy Bartlett Wright |
The Other Pollinators Many fascinating creatures do the essential work of transporting pollen. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
National Gardening
Marla Spivak |
Keeping Honeybees A beehive in the garden ensures a good seed crop and fresh honey for the table |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Native bees Encourage native bees for improved pollination... |
Chemistry World
July 19, 2013
Laura Howes |
EU to ban fipronil From 31 December 2013, European farmers will not be allowed to use the pesticide fipronil on maize or sunflowers. Some seeds can still be treated if the crops are sown in greenhouses or the crops harvested before flowering. |
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. |
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 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
October 15, 2015
Anthony King |
Wildflowers serve as reservoir for controversial pesticides The pollen and nectar of wildflowers can contain higher levels of neonicotinoid insecticides than nearby crops, according to a new study. |
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. |
Reason
January 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Briefly Noted: Future Biotech Farmers of America: Tomorrow's Table, by Pamela C. Ronald (a crop biotechnologist at the University of California, Davis) and Raoul W. Adamchak (a farmer who runs the university's student organic farm), tries to bring the two sides together. |
Reason
August 2002
Charles Paul Freund |
DNA Dough-Re-Mi A pretty girl may be like a melody, but the music of her DNA could have biotech companies whistling all the way to the bank. An executive at Maxygen, a California biotech firm, has suggested that if DNA sequences were converted to digital music they could be copyrighted as works of art. |
Science News
June 22, 2002
Janet Raloff |
The Buzz Over Coffee New research finds evidence that Africanized "killer" honeybees in the Americas have been performing a hitherto unrecognized service for people around the world. They've helped keep down the cost of growing high-quality coffee. |
Chemistry World
July 22, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Monsanto abandons GM crops in Europe The company will focus on conventional breeding to develop new crop varieties in the EU, and develop biotech crops in regions where they are more accepted, such as North America. |
Chemistry World
October 21, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Neonicotinoids let virus thrive in bees Scientists in Italy believe they have found a molecular trigger by which neonicotinoid pesticides may harm colonies of honeybees. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Hooray for Stalemates! Government deadlock will likely bring more genetically engineered seeds to the EU, and good news for Syngenta, DuPont, and Dow Chemical. |
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. |
