Tag: Bees - Page 8

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  This Little Piggy ... Was Tagged With CartaSense's Chip And Isolated Early When She Got Sick

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  Vaccinating With Remembee Against Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

  With the deadly swine flu, bird flu and bee colony collapse disorder it kind of makes you feel like nature is biting back. Some good news for at least one of the big problems: the Israeli company Beeologics has developed a vaccine against colony

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  From Hives to Honey Slideshow, Tweehive + More Bee Stories of the Week

  This week has been buzzing with bee-like activity. On Tuesday Tweehive was launched on Twitter with people around the globe taking part in a bee role playing game. This new media experiment mixed social biomimicry with environmental campaigning to

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  From Hives to Honey, Bees Help the World Go 'Round (Slideshow)

  Bees might be the most interesting insects in the whole world. They're great architects, accidental chefs of some of the sweetest stuff on Earth, and, oh yeah, have a hand in almost the entire world's food

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  Tweehive - Have you heard the Buzzzzzz on Twitter today?

  Have you ever thought about being a bee for the day? No? Seriously? Oh come on... flying around collecting pollen, doing your waggle dance or building honeycomb? What about acting like a drone, just hanging out waiting to get it on with the Queen bee?

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  Discuss: When Bees Are Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Have Bees

  It sounds like dozens of people are risking huge fines for the privelige though. Neighbors are bought off with jars of honey and the city

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  Beekeeping In Ginza, Tokyo, Next To Gucci And Apple Store

  I was really surprised to learn that beekeeping is illegal in New York. I had assumed that this amazingly eco-friendly hobby was not only popular, but also actively encouraged

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  Urban Beekeepers Fight to Lift Bee Ban in New York City

  Urban beekeeping. Just the name alone oozes the trendy eco-chic that's apt to catch on with the latest generation of green-goers. The practice itself has been around for ages, but with a front page New York Times profile popping up

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  LA Film Festival Abuzz with Green Documentaries

  With 200 films from 30 countries, the Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 to 28) in Westwood near UCLA, seems far from Hollywood. The non-profit that organizes the event "champions the cause of independent films," and though Public Enemies with

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  Bumblebees Extinct in the UK to be Reintroduced From Surviving Stock in New Zealand

  After being last seen in the south of England in 1998, and declared extinct in 2000, the short-haired bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus) is going to be reintroduced, from stocks reimported from New Zealand. The project

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  The Latest Buzz On Disappearing Honey Bees: Some Improvement

  The good news: Honey bee colony losses were down this past winter compared to losses during the two previous ones. The bad news: A whopping 29 percent of honey bee colonies vanished between September 2008 and April

• Can Native Black Honeybee Save UK Bee Industry?

  Image credit: The Independent "Lazy, Aggressive" Native Bee May Save Honey Industry Hardly a week goes by without new reports about the challenges facing the beekeeping industry. From Colony Collapse Disorder to massive theft of bee hives, it seems

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  "Millions Stolen": Bee Theft Multiplies as Prices Soar

  Image credit: Chelsea Bay Wills UK's Bee Keepers Hit by Increased Theft As you can tell from the photo - I'm a big fan of bees. I've written before about my own experiences of installing a bee hive, and I was super excited to hear that the Obamas are

• Honeybee Research Gets Vital Boost

  UK Government Announces Grants for Pollinator Research Despite Haagen Dazs' Help the Honeybees campaign, despite Burt's Bees efforts to save the bees, despite the fact that Barack Obama has become a beekeeper - honeybees are still in trouble. Even the

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  Bees Rejoice: One Potential Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder Identified

  Colony collapse disorder has been attributed to all

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  Installing a Bee Hive: A Nervous Beginners' Experiences

  A typical package of bees - Image credit: TheBeeYard How to Install a Bee Hive: It Really Isn't Scary I got pretty excited about news that the Obamas were including bee hives in the White House garden. After all, honey bees are one of the most important

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  White House Garden to Feature Bee Hives Too

  Image credit: Eat The View First Family Joins Bee Keeping Trend I went to pick up my bee hives this weekend - and the supplier looked exhausted. He was out of veils, smokers, hive stands and even bees. It seems many people are rallying around our

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  Blogger Writes About Bee Colony Collapse Disorder in his Backyard

  Photo: Danny Jensen Blogging About Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Danny Jensen, a blogger at Takepart, blogged about what seems to be a bee colony collapse that happened right in his backyard. He has posted many photos and a video showing dead bees