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Dangerous Honeybee Diseases Jump to Wild Pollinators
2015-05-07 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Ever since it was first noticed in 2006 that America's honeybees were dying en masse, the spotlight has been on these essential pollinators. It was quickly revealed that not only US honeybees, but entire global populations were in trouble, with troubling declines in Europe and even Australia. Now a new investigation has revealed that a suite of diseases that once exclusively affected domestic honeybees has moved on to infect wild bees, such as the common bumblebee, as well. That's at least according...
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Mike Malloy: Help save the honeybee with plants that attract
2014-06-06 07:08:29| Agriculture - Topix.net
Mike Malloy, known as the Naples "Butterfly Guy," sells nectar and larval plants for butterflies at the Third Street South farmers market every Saturday morning.
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USDA Reports Honeybee Death Rate Too High for Long-Term Survival
2014-05-16 19:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Honeybees in the U.S. are dying at a rate too high to ensure their long-term survival, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Over the past winter--a season when honeybee hives are most vulnerable--the U.S. lost 23.2 percent of its hive honeybee population. That is lower than the previous winter`s 30.5 percent death rate, but the cumulative impact on honeybee populations over the past eight years poses a major threat to their long-term survival, as well as the...
U.S. Honeybee Death Rate Is Too High for Long-term Survival, Report Says
2014-05-16 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Honeybees in the United States are dying at a rate too high to ensure their long-term survival, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Over the past winter a season when honeybee hives are most vulnerable the U.S. lost 23.2 percent of its hive honeybee population. That is lower than the previous winter's 30.5 percent death rate, but the cumulative impact on honeybee populations over the past eight years poses a major threat to their long-term survival, as well...
Are Monsanto and High-Fructose Corn Syrup to Blame for Honeybee Disappearances?
2014-03-02 21:47:12| Chemicals - Topix.net
Perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised when we fundamentally change the way certain species have been living for eons, and then suffer in unpredictable ways.
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