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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Officer slams varroa watch decision in NZ
A varroa surveillance officer says beekeepers have shot themselves n the foot by not backing a surveillance programme which monitors the pest. Read more
Posted in Australia, NZ, Oceania, Diseases and pesticides
Tagged new zealand, varroa
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Beekeepers hosting meeting on colony collapse disorder
The Illinois State Beekeepers Association (ISBA) will conduct its 2007 Midwest Beekeeping Symposium June 9th at the McHenry County College Conference Center in Crystal Lake. Read more
Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America
Tagged ccd, colony collapse disorder
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Local bees aren’t ‘collapsing’
To the fortune of Hampton Roads beekeepers, it seems that a mysterious ailment that has ravaged honeybee colonies across the country has not appeared here. Still, apiarists are watching their hives closely. Read more
Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America
Tagged ccd, colony collapse disorder
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Honey poised to be Africa’s flagship in Europe
Uganda’s honey could become Africa’s flagship product to Europe after a buyer from the European Union (EU) expressed interest in it. Read more
The Sudden Disappearance of Honeybees
Here is yet another article about the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). It mentions genetically modified plants as a possible cause. Read more
Beekeeper blames deaths on aerial spraying
A Weber County farmer says he lost bees and crops worth $80,000 when a plane spraying for mosquitoes hit his valuable insects. Read more
Port Authority protects against Africanized bees
Africanized honey bees, better known as killer bees, are rarely spotted in Mobile, and the state of Alabama wants to keep it that way. Read more
Are gene modified crops killing bees?
A mysterious decimation of bee populations has German beekeepers worried, while a similar phenomenon in the United States is gradually assuming catastrophic proportions. The consequences for agriculture and the economy could be enormous. Read more
Got bees? Call in the experts, not firefighters
Peoria firefighters have a word of advice when it comes to bees: Don’t call 911 if you spot a swarm or beehive. Read more
Agriculture ministry, beekeepers join forces on upping honey production in Guyana
The Ministry of Agriculture and local beekeepers are collaborating on adding honey production to the ever-widening diversification of the country’s agriculture sector. Read more
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