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2013 Bee Summit: a clash of theories

2013-06-29 20:38:37| Chemicals - Topix.net

Earlier this month St. Louis held the Honeybee Health Summit, an initiative which is trying to focus attention on the dire situation of diminishing honeybees populations all over the world.

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Urgent review launched into bee population decline

2013-06-28 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: The Government is launching an urgent and comprehensive review of why bees are declining and what is being done to help them. Many species of bee and other pollinating insects including butterflies, moths and hoverflies have experienced declines in recent decades, raising concerns about the impacts on food supplies, gardens and the countryside. Factors including use of pesticides, loss of habitat and more intensive agriculture are thought to be to blame. The review will look at current...

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Controversial Agrichemical Company Monsanto Holds Bee Health Conference

2013-06-17 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Controversial agrichemical company Monsanto announced recently the close of the first-ever "Honey Bee Health Summit" held in an effort, according to the company, to bring together and learn from bee experts from both public and private sectors. The three-day event included nearly 100 members of the "bee community," including academics and beekeepers as well as those representing government industry sectors. Held in response to the continuing decline of the insect, Project Apis m (PAm) hosted the...

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Controversy over efforts to solve bee deaths

2013-06-16 07:10:35| Chemicals - Topix.net

One of every three bites of food we consume depends on pollination by honeybees, but these overlooked contributors to our food system are continuing to die in stubbornly perplexing ways.

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