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Government bee scientist behind controversial study joins pesticide firm
2013-07-26 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A key government scientist whose research was used by ministers to argue against a ban on pesticides thought to harm bees is to join Syngenta, the chemical giant which manufactures one of the insecticides. Dr Helen Thompson will leave the government's Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) to join Syngenta on 1 September. Thompson led a field trial of the effect of neonicotinoids the world's most widely used insecticides on bees, which was fast-tracked and frequently cited by ministers...
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Loss of Just one Bee Species Lowers Reproduction Success in Flowering Plants
2013-07-23 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A new study has found that plants reduce their seed production even if one of their favorite pollinators disappears. The study shows the complexity of the system. The study was conducted by researchers from Emory University and their colleagues, who found that loss of even one species of pollinators reduces competition and affects the floral fidelity which further leads to lower reproduction success in plants. Researchers focused on the interaction between bumblebees and larkspur wildflowers in...
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Oh, to bee in England
2013-07-17 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: At the end of last year, Natural England, a powerful quango, decreed that "non-native bumblebees will only be permitted for use in greenhouses or polytunnels and all reasonable steps must be taken to prevent their escape'. Easier said, you might think, than done. A bumblebee that looks as though it is contemplating making a break for freedom from a polytunnel full of strawberries will not turn back if you call its name. All this matters because about 50,000 colonies of bumblebee, mainly the buff-tailed...
Ericsson to Buy Red Bee Media to Bolster Broadcasting Services
2013-07-01 12:54:21| Appliances - Topix.net
Ericsson AB, the largest maker of wireless networks, agreed to buy U.K. media services company Red Bee Media Ltd. from a group led by Macquarie Advanced Investment Partners LP to expand in services to broadcasters.
Ericsson buys Red Bee Media to bolster broadcast services
2013-07-01 09:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Ericsson will acquire UK-headquartered media services company Red Bee Media from Macquarie Advanced Investment Partners, to pursue its strategy of growing in the broadcast services market. Ericsson will take on 1,500 broadcast service professionals, adding new operations in Europe and Australia. After completion, Ericsson will have over a third of its 4,000 employees in the UK working in broadcast services, helping TV channels and content owners address video-mobile convergence. The acquisition's value was not disclosed.
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