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Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceNovember 19, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers Have Analyzed How Paralysis Virus Hijacks the Cellular Protein Production Machinery and Misuses It for Its Own Purposes

The Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus is a pathogen that affects honey bees and has been linked to Colony Collapse Disorder, a key factor in…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceNovember 6, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Nutrient Package Helps Bees Work Better in the Cold, and, How and Where Will Climate Change Affect People, and Bees.

One company wants to help farmers adapt to a world of rapidly declining bee populations. Argentina-based startup Beeflow has developed a special nutrient-packed formula…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 29, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rampant Honey Fraud Spawns Creation of New Certification Program.

INSCATECH Confusion among honey consumers in Canada and the United States reached its peak over the last few weeks when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a lawsuit…

Beekeeping, Biology, Catch The Buzz, Nutrition, ScienceOctober 23, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Biodiversity Improves Crop Production, and, Trees for Bees Stems Climate Change.

Ecologists and biologists compared data of about 1,500 agricultural fields around the world: from corn fields in the American plains to oilseed rape fields…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceOctober 18, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ambitious Strategies to Combat Pests and Disease in Organic Agriculture.

Mesotunnels, like those pictured here, are composed of nylon mesh fabric suspended on hoops placed about 42 inches over the ground. The management technique…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceOctober 17, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Flies Could Replace Bees as Pollinators.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development researcher David Cook, Agriculture and food minister Alannah MacTiernan and Hort Innovation Research and Development general manager…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 15, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Surprise! Pesticide Companies Leverage Regulations for Financial Gains.

Egan Jimenez -Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs PRINCETON, N.J.–Pesticides are present in many food products and play a central…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 8, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – There’s Industry Money To Be Had For Honey Bee Health Research. Check This Out!

Project Apis m. and the National Honey Board Announce a Request for Research Proposals to Support and Enhance Honey Bee Health. Salt Lake City,…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 2, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Canada’s York University to Develop ‘BeeCSI’ Tool to Help Canada’s Rapidly Declining Honey Bees, and, BBKA on Guard for Asian Hornet

Associate Professor Amro Zayed – York University, Asian Hornet TORONTO, September 18, 2019 – When Canada’s honey bees are thriving, they produce honey and…

Beekeeping, Business, Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 1, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – What’s All the Buzz Around Microbes? and, Fumigillin Returns to Combat Nosema. Both Good News!

In Rowan’s Social Insect Lab, researchers are examining whether gut bacteria play a role in fending off pathogens that threaten the honey bee population….

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceSeptember 30, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – The Citrus Greening Bug Has Been Found In Nevada. Quarantines Are Going Up!

Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing, or citrus greening. A tiny insect no bigger than a grain of rice may go unnoticed on your citrus…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceSeptember 27, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Weak Honey Bee Colonies May Fail from Cold Exposure During Shipping, and, a Gene fix for Nosema? Maybe…

By: Kim Kaplan FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA—Cold temperatures inside honey bee colonies may cause colony losses during and after long-distance hauling, according to a preliminary…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceSeptember 25, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – COL0SS at Apimondia Elects Officers, and, Bumblebee Males Make Bumblebee Queens Blind, For A While.

The 15th Conference of the COLOSS honey bee research association has now concluded at the Université Laval bureau in Montréal, Canada. The meeting was…

Beekeeping, Biology, Catch The Buzz, Management, ScienceSeptember 24, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Plants Tell Time, and, Robots May Be Pollinators Sooner Than You Think In North Dakota.

IMAGE: A crop field; and David Lyall, Paul Snyder and Kate Lyall Credit: Dr. Antony Dodd; University of Bristol Jenny Schlecht; Forum News Service Could…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceSeptember 21, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

Bird populations in the United States and Canada have plunged 29% – almost three billion birds – since 1970, signaling a major ecological crisis….

Catch The Buzz, Health, Research, ScienceSeptember 17, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – California State Beekeepers Fund Research, and, NECTAR Gets Funding for Development of In-Hive Sensors.

NECTAR, a startup offering a management platform for commercial beekeepers and crop growers, has raised a $1.1 million CAD seed round. 2020 Priorities For…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, Life, Politics, ScienceSeptember 13, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

AKSON Russian Science Communication Association Buratina truncata, the new long-proboscid species of Paradoxosisyrinae from Burmese amber, and, MFP map Credit: Alexander Khramov A team…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceSeptember 12, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

University of Würzburg IMAGE: A solitary bee leaves an artificial nest. The individual breeding chambers are separated and each contains only one larva. This prevents…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Health, Plants, ScienceSeptember 11, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Three Today Planted Acres in US Down, Farm Bankruptcies in US Up, and Ohio Butterflies Declining. Is There a Connection?

USDA reports show historic unplanted acres The USDA released reports Aug. 12 confirming the historically-dire planting situation and correcting previous acreage estimates. From Farm…

Catch The Buzz, Health, Life, Science, StoriesAugust 30, 2019

CATCH THE BUZZ – Don’t Bring Honey Into Maryland If You Don’t Want To Go To Jail, And, Caffeine Really Doesn’t Bother Stingless Bees. Really…..

Leon Haughton, shown at his home in Bowie, was jailed for 82 days after customs officials alleged that three jars of honey he had…

CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers Have Analyzed How Paralysis Virus Hijacks the Cellular Protein Production Machinery and Misuses It for Its Own Purposes

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Nutrient Package Helps Bees Work Better in the Cold, and, How and Where Will Climate Change Affect People, and Bees.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rampant Honey Fraud Spawns Creation of New Certification Program.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Biodiversity Improves Crop Production, and, Trees for Bees Stems Climate Change.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Ambitious Strategies to Combat Pests and Disease in Organic Agriculture.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Flies Could Replace Bees as Pollinators.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Surprise! Pesticide Companies Leverage Regulations for Financial Gains.

CATCH THE BUZZ – There’s Industry Money To Be Had For Honey Bee Health Research. Check This Out!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Canada’s York University to Develop ‘BeeCSI’ Tool to Help Canada’s Rapidly Declining Honey Bees, and, BBKA on Guard for Asian Hornet

CATCH THE BUZZ – What’s All the Buzz Around Microbes? and, Fumigillin Returns to Combat Nosema. Both Good News!

CATCH THE BUZZ – The Citrus Greening Bug Has Been Found In Nevada. Quarantines Are Going Up!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Weak Honey Bee Colonies May Fail from Cold Exposure During Shipping, and, a Gene fix for Nosema? Maybe…

CATCH THE BUZZ – COL0SS at Apimondia Elects Officers, and, Bumblebee Males Make Bumblebee Queens Blind, For A While.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Plants Tell Time, and, Robots May Be Pollinators Sooner Than You Think In North Dakota.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

CATCH THE BUZZ – California State Beekeepers Fund Research, and, NECTAR Gets Funding for Development of In-Hive Sensors.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

CATCH THE BUZZ – Three Today Planted Acres in US Down, Farm Bankruptcies in US Up, and Ohio Butterflies Declining. Is There a Connection?

CATCH THE BUZZ – Don’t Bring Honey Into Maryland If You Don’t Want To Go To Jail, And, Caffeine Really Doesn’t Bother Stingless Bees. Really…..

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