Excellent bee reporting Tom Philpott interpreting the Purdue study for Mother Jones. For those of you who like link-able stuff for facebook and so on, this is a good one. (It’s got a nice picture, plus is nuanced _and_ easy to read.)
Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honey Bees Living Near Agricultural Fields
Quoting from the new Purdue study, by the way,
“Clothianidin was found on all the dead and dying bees we sampled while the apparently healthy bees did not contain detectable levels ..”
“Our results also demonstrate that clothianidin is present in thes surface soil of ag fields long after treated seed has been planted…”
“Multiple Route Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honey Bees Living Near Ag Fields.”
“Of potentially greater concern are the very high levels of neonicotinoids (and fungicides) found in the talc exposed to treated seed…”
EPA’s Science Green Technology | Solar Power in North Carolina
By N. Carolina Solar
EPA’s Science Green TechnologyBelieve Me The Honey Bee Crisis is Bad! My Oh My this is getting serious. What is happening to our honey bees? We have been.
Solar Power in North Carolina – http://solarpowerinnorthcarolina.com/
TLC for bees / Don’t consider exterminating honeybees; an expert …
By tmartinez
Honeybee populations have taken a hit; the insects are dying off at an unprecedented rate from colony collapse disorder — the cause of death attributed to parasites, pesticides and still-unknown reasons. “Beekeepers are losing between …
Standard-Examiner – http://www.standard.net/
Heifer Blog | The Official Blog of Heifer International: A Savior …
By Austin Bailey, World Ark senior editor
Her work is especially important as scientists all over the world scramble to save these hugely important pollinators from the mysterious colony collapse disorder that’s threatening crops everywhere. Bookmark and Share …
Heifer Blog | The Official Blog… – http://blog.heifer.org/
wildsingapore news: ‘Pollination crisis’ hitting India’s vegetable …
By ria
In 2007, about one third of the US domesticated bee population was wiped out as a result of a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), with some commercial hive owners losing up to 90% of their bees. …
wildsingapore news – http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/
NICK COLEMAN » Blog Archive » From the vault: U of M bee …
By admin
Possible explanations for colony collapse disorder — in which entire colonies of bees vanish or die — include viral diseases, parasites and the use of pesticides. In addition, drought and increased monoculture farming — the large-scale …
NICK COLEMAN – http://www.nickcolemanmn.com/
Could Colony Collapse Disorder be ebbing? – http://www …
Could Colony Collapse Disorder be ebbing? – http://www. centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=16414&ewrd=1.
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