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The varroa mite is emerging as the leading culprit in the death of Ontario honeybees, researchers say.

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A U.S. District Judge from Manhattan has banned the sale of spirotetramat, a pesticide produced by Bayer CropScience.

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Bee Native, The Honeybee Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council announce the creation of a February 4th fundraiser for “Vanishing of the Bees,” a new documentary that comprehensively demystifies the collapse of honeybee populations across the planet and its risk to $15 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. agricultural revenue products.

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Paris – France is to sow nectar-bearing flowers on the sides of roads in an experiment aimed at helping the honey bee, hit by an alarming worldwide decline, the ministry of sustainable development said on Tuesday.

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The US justice system sided with nature this week in decision to forbid the sale of a dangerous pesticide known as spirotetramat after January 15, 2010. This toxin was sold under the trade name of Movento and Ultor.

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A parasitic disease threatening honey bees was among 11 research topics tackled recently by lecturers at Moray College.

The £3,000 study into varroasis was one of the college’s first small research projects necessary to gain university status.

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Press release: For years, the understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms that underlie honey bee viral diseases has been severely hindered because of the lack of a cell culture system for virus propagation. As a result, it is very imperative to develop new methods that would permit the in vitro pathogenesis study of honey bee viruses.

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Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State Univ. researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.

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Resin Collection and Social Immunity in Honey Bees
Evolution, Volume 63 Issue 11, Pages 3016 – 3022

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There is a very good reason why the honey produced by Australia’s bees is considered to be among the world’s cleanest and most delicious.

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