CATCH THE BUZZ- Origins of Flowering Plants and Pollinators
The Origins of Flowering Plants and Pollinators 1. Casper J. van der Kooi1, 2. Jeff Ollerton2 See all authors and affiliations Science 19 Jun…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Be A Dandelion Detective
Become a Dandelion Detective! Dandelion Detectives is a STEM activity targeting 3-7 graders where participants work together to measure the value of weeds for…
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CATCH THE BUZZ- Japanese Honey Bees Kill Murder Hornets…NYTimes 1995
Honeybees Vanquish a Goliath Hornet with Thermal Warfare By: Warren E. Leary Oct. 10, 1995 Credit…The New York Times Archives See the article in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ- Gund Names Apis Fund Winners
Gund Names Inaugural Apis Fund Winners The Gund Institute for Environment at UVM announced its first Apis Fund awards today, which will catalyze new…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ- Can Science Replace the Bee?
Can Science Replace the Bee? By: Donna Gates, Maryland Master Gardener Some plants, like Conifers and many deciduous trees, are pollinated by wind. Members…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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