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Saving honey bees
2016-09-22 01:06:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A look at the tech firms helping to save and protect the honey bee, as numbers of the vital pollinators continue to fall sharply around the world.
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Zika pesticide kills millions of bees in South Carolina
2016-09-04 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Millions of honeybees have been killed in South Carolina after pesticide was sprayed to kill off mosquitoes that could be harbouring the Zika virus. Beekeeper Juanita Stanley at Flowertown Farm said she had no warning from Dorchester County officials.
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Bees of Portland
2016-08-04 18:32:47| PortlandOnline
Hand-held guide to the 15 most common species PDF Document, 1,263kbCategory: Environmental Education
Insecticide can hamper yield increase from bees in soybeans
2016-08-02 16:01:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Andy Michel and Reed Johnson, Ohio State University Producers should contact nearby apiaries before applying an insecticide. Producers need to be aware that spraying an insecticide can be counterproductive. Research shows that visiting bees increase soybean yields. read more
Bees have trouble foraging when air pollution rises
2016-07-07 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Bees have a laundry list of problems going against them these days. Among them is air pollution, and a new study shows just how air pollution is affecting bees' ability to find food. By studying how changes in air chemistry affect foraging patterns of bees, researchers from Penn State illustrate that a rise in air pollution is a serious problem for pollinators. According to PhysOrg: Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate...
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