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Help get the Beekeeping Merit Badge Reinstated
Support Boy Scout Christopher Stowell in his quest to get the beekeeping merit badge reinstated.
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New Honeybee Breed Key to Combating Colony Collapse Disorder
A British beekeeper has been working on creating a new strain of honeybee resistant to the varroa mite, a prime suspect in colony collapse disorder (CCD), and it looks like he’s hit a high note after 18 years of careful … Continue reading
Support for Bangor University research on tough bees
Scientists hoping to breed bees resistant to disease and harsh Welsh weather say they have been inundated by offers of help. Read more
Ten-year plan to help honey bees
HONEY bees are to be given greater protection under a ten-year strategy unveiled yesterday. Read more
£10m scheme looks at bees in UK
The Swindon-based Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has launched a £10 million programme to look at the decline of honeybees and other pollinating insects. Read more
More bees survive despite UK’s harsh winter
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 … Continue reading
Killer hornets could kill honeybees
Giants hornets attacking Gloucestershire’s honey bees could kill off its honey production industry. Read more
‘Adoption’ scheme aims to help save honeybees
People who are concerned about the fate of the UK’s honeybees but who do not want to keep bees themselves can now get involved with efforts to protect them under an “adoption” scheme launched today. Read more
One million honeybees to colonise the City
The Square Mile will be buzzing with the sound of about a million extra honeybees this year. Read more
BBKA to fund a PhD project into investigating the genetic basis of hygienic behaviour in honeybees
The British Beekeepers’ Association, which represents more than 16,000 of the country’s amateur beekeepers, will give a £36,000 grant to support the work of a post graduate student over the next three years, in the prestigious Laboratory of Apiculture and … Continue reading
Loss of forage biggest long-term threat to bees
Intensification of farming and subsequent decline in food sources rather than pesticides or disease seen as biggest threat to honey bees Read more
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