May 26, 2008

Bees inconvenience passengers at Norwegian train station

Posted by eivindm @ 6:51 pm
Europe Norway

A large swarm of bees Thursday caused problems for train passengers in south-eastern Norway, reports said. Station manager Terje Andersen at the train station in Fredrikstad told broadcaster NRK that “the bees began to swarm around us” early in the afternoon.

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April 1, 2008

Honeybee Researcher to Unravel Properties Governing Lifespan with Support from Norway

Posted by eivindm @ 1:56 pm
Biology North America Norway

Gro Amdam, associate professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, has been awarded two grants totaling the U.S. equivalent of about $1.4 million from the Norwegian Research Council to investigate biochemical factors and social life history properties that can influence aging and longevity in honeybees.

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July 17, 2007

Norwegian council names ASU researcher ‘Outstanding Young Investigator’

Posted by eivindm @ 8:02 pm
Norway

Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is one of 20 researchers now bearing the distinction “Outstanding Young Investigator” from the Research Council of Norway.

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June 27, 2007

Bee Researcher At Arizona State University Is 1 Of 20 New Pew Scholars In The Biomedical Sciences

Posted by eivindm @ 8:40 pm
North America Norway

Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences’ Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, is one of only 20 researchers chosen this year to enter the Trusts’ exclusive rolls as a Pew Scholar in the biomedical sciences.

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May 27, 2007

Fireblight in Bergen (Norway)

Posted by eivindm @ 10:24 am
Norway

Big efforts are made to avoid fireblight in fruit growing areas in Norway.

Hardanger, where most of the apples are grown in Norway, has avoided it so far.
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November 15, 2006

Beekeeping could become an important business in northern Norway

Posted by eivindm @ 10:37 pm
Business Norway

According to scientists, beekeeping could become an important agricultural business in northern Norway.

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November 5, 2006

Can beekeeping become important in northern parts of Norway?

Posted by eivindm @ 6:10 pm
Business Norway

Yes, it can, says scientists Lise Hatten and Jørn Høberg at the science institution Bioforsk Nord Tjøtta

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October 16, 2006

Birds and bees may be gay

Posted by eivindm @ 2:33 pm
Behavior Norway

The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world’s first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals.

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July 16, 2006

Norway: Unrealistic to get rid of “pærebrann”

Posted by eivindm @ 11:51 pm
Norway Pest and diseases

Scientist Lars Sekse thinks it is unrealistic to think it is possible to get rid of “pærebrann”

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Norway: New finding of AFB

Posted by eivindm @ 11:37 pm
Norway Pest and diseases

There have been found AFB in 12 hives in Østfold.


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