News about bees and beekeeping from around the world
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One Hundred and eighty participants, mostly women from a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Saturday, ended a two-week training programme on beekeeping at Oboadaka near Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The federal government has refused a request to allow bumblebees into Australia to pollinate crops.
There’s nothing like a shipwreck tale of mystery and intrigue to draw a weekday crowd to the Washington State Capital Museum for a noon-hour lecture.
Honey bee specialists at UC Davis are working closely with the California State Apiary Board to help maintain a healthy bee population in the Golden State.
Blowing into a glass bubble that holds buzzing bees sounds a little kooky. But according to Portugue
se artist Susana Soares, doing so could help detect disease and monitor fertility cycles.
Organic bees appear to be unaffected by the mysterious disorder that is killing off commercial bees, some beekeepers say.
While the mainstream beekeeping industry has lost up to one-third of its populations, there have been almost no reports of colony collapse disorder out of a group of 1,000 organic beekeepers across North America.
A mysterious phenomenon that has devastated honey bee colonies across the nation has spread to Southwest Florida.
“The recent phenomenon described as honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a serious concern to everyone associated with agriculture, (”Mystery of lost bees points to pesticide” Oct. 16). It is unfortunate that this article claims a pesticide class to be the leading cause of this problem, when there is no evidence to support such a hypothesis.” says Jay Vroom, president and CEO of CropLife America
The University was one of 17 colleges awarded a $4.1 million grant to investigate the sudden decline of Georgia honey bee populations.
Vita urges beekeepers to become more proactive to prevent bee deaths