ApinewsNews about bees and beekeeping from around the world

Fewer beekeepers are reporting evidence of a mysterious ailment that had been decimating the U.S. honeybee population.

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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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OSU researchers experimenting with native species to pollinate red clover, a rotation crop

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Since reports of widespread bee die-offs began to surface in October 2006, researchers have investigated possible reasons ranging from hive-infecting mites to cell phone-tower radiation. They have yet to pinpoint the cause of colony collapse disorder — most likely, because there isn’t just one, say University of Florida researchers.

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Press release: Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announced on October 21st, 2009 that the US Department of Agriculture in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, purchased Arrayit’s proprietary technology to assist the USDA in fighting off honeybee extinction and the catastrophic loss of America’s crop plants.

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Across the country, pollinators such as honeybees and hummingbirds are declining due to habitat loss, diseases such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), pests and excessive pesticide use. Penn State researchers and educators are hoping to help combat these issues by promoting ways home gardeners can help pollinator populations thrive.

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It’s a question that has baffled the worlds of agriculture and science – what is it that has caused the mysterious deaths of honey bees all over the world in the last five years?

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Attendees of this year’s Apimondia, the 41st world apiculture congress, in southern France are focusing on what is killing the world’s bees.

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Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being sued by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for withholding details about the impact of neonicotinoids — a class of widely used pesticides — on honeybees and other pollinators.

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