Tag: Colony Collapse Disorder - Page 4
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A Must See Introduction to Beekeeping and Honey Bees (Video)
I may be licking my wounds as a failed beekeeper, but with Colony Collapse Disorder continuing to decimate the global bee population, none of us can afford to ignore the plight of the honey bees. Whether you have plans to keep bees
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Learn Natural Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping Online
Whether we are talking about Colony Collapse Disorder, keeping native bees, solar-powered bee hives or Barack Obama as beekeeper, there are plenty of folks interested in beekeeping out
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Are Solar-Powered Bee Hives a Good Idea?
With Colony Collapse Disorder continuing to wreak havoc on bee colonies, some beekeepers have been looking to hardier, less domesticated bees to build up a stronger gene pool. From the
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Keeping Native Australian Stingless Bees (Video)
With the epic fight to stop Colony Collapse Disorder and save our honeybees still continuing, there's been a renewed interest in bee genetics. In particular, many beekeepers and gardeners are wondering whether hardier,
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Some US Bumblebees See 96% Drop in Last Decades
With angst around colony collapse disorder and the plight of the honeybees causing some to explore the idea of "human bee pollinators" (seriously, many farmers in China do now pollinate
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How Can Cities Save Bees? Row Errupts Over London's Bee Strategy
Cities everywhere may be lifting bans on urban beekeeping, but what with the mysterious red bees of Brooklyn, not to mention bee murder in San Francisco, you'd be forgiven for thinking
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Help the Bee Whisperer Save More Bees (Video)
When I finally admitted defeat the other day and wound up having to compost my bees, I vowed to learn all I could from other beekeepers before getting another hive. Ever since I installed my first bee hive, I've been amazed by
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How to Compost Your Bees. Lessons from a Failed Beekeeper.
Over the weekend I got to combine two of my biggest passions—composting and beekeeping. I'd like to say this was an exciting new permaculture experiment, but sadly it was just a case of facing up to my failure at
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Beekeepers & Activists Demand EPA Remove Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths
The puzzle of the red bees of Brooklyn may now be solved, but conclusive answers regarding the larger honeybee mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder remain elusive. Nevertheless, in my roundup
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Colony Collapse Disorder and the Epic Fight to Save the Bees
Ever since TreeHugger first started reporting on the mysterious honeybee deaths afflicting beekeepers worldwide, there have been countless suggestions of possible causes, and cures, for this
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Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Cause Finally Found?
It wouldn't be the first time that researchers have claimed to solve the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) mystery. In fact, everything from CO2 confusing bees' social structure to cell phone towers messing with bees'
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Seasonal Shifts Could Be Confusing Bees
Image credit: ruurmo/Flickr Everything from fungus to parasites, pesticides to disease, pollution to habitat loss, has been blamed for the startling—often sudden—declines in bee populations worldwide. Though a wide range of possible causes
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Vanishing of the Bees: Film Documents Ongoing Honeybee Decline (Video)
Honeybees have had a hard time of late. Yet while Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was all over the news last year, this year the media have found other crises to focus on. Sadly, that doesn't mean the problem has gone
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Big-City Bees Healthier, More Productive
While their country cousins' populations collapse, bees in Paris are thriving as having a rooftop hive becomes de rigueur for hotels and restaurants seeking an in-house source of home-grown
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Bee Murder at San Francisco's Hayes Valley Farm: Unknown Attacker Sprays Hives with Pesticide
I was just at Hayes Valley Farm this past Sunday, volunteering at the urban farm turning a crumbling freeway into crop land for local food production and education. I was working within 15 feet of two bee hives the entire
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Bee Hives: Nature's Architectural Wonder (Slideshow)
While finding a bees nest isn't always something to celebrate, looking past the stingers to focus on the architecture can help you see them in a whole new way. Throughout history, architects and designers have looked to
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Bee Hives: Nature's Architectural Wonder
Unless you're collecting honey, finding a bees' nest isn't usually a welcome discovery -- especially when they're in or near your home. But beyond the buzzing and stinging, these builder colonies have a beauty all their own. Osmia Avoseta Take this flow
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RFI Tags Help Track British Bee Brain Damage
The flight patterns of bees in Britain is getting some special attention as scientists study potential causes for colony collapse disorder. Researchers are fitting tiny radio tags to the insects to monitor their flights
