A local beekeeper is under arrest for stealing bees, honey and equipment from his competitors.
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Penn State has received a $250,000 gift to endow a graduate fellowship in entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Concerned Agriculture Department officials on Monday announced the start of an ambitious survey of honeybee colonies in California and a dozen other states.
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Honeybee remains found in a 3,000-year-old apiary have given archaeologists a one-of-a-kind window into the beekeeping practices of the ancient world.
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Should you make your own mouthwash or toothpaste from anti-microbial food products that are gentle on the teeth when diluted?
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The varroa bee mite has spread further south, with reports of infected hives in Queenstown and Central Otago.
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You know it’s going to be a very bad day when you get a call at 7 a.m. from an agitated-sounding man at the post office saying there are boxes of bees waiting for you there, and they would keep them cool until you came to pick them up.
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The percentage of honeybee colonies which made it through this winter was slightly higher than last year despite the harsh conditions, the British Beekeepers’ Association said yesterday.
But while there was a “small and encouraging improvement” in survival rates this year, the UK’s honeybees were still not healthy enough, the organisation’s president Martin Smith warned.
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New research from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) identifies a new potential cause for “Colony Collapse Disorder” in honeybees. A group of pathogens including a fungus and family of viruses may be working together to cause the decline. Scientists report their results today at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego.
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Following France and Germany, last year the Italian Agriculture Ministry suspended the use of a class of pesticides, nicotine-based neonicotinoids, as a “precautionary measure.” The compelling results – restored bee populations – prompted the government to uphold the ban.
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