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

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

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

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There have been found AFB in 12 hives in Østfold.

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