Stories Tagged "bees"
Federal Report Points to Many Causes In Dramatic Bee Disappearance
posted on May 3, 2013 at 5:35 PM
The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear each winter since 2006.
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EU Aims To Better Protect Bees From Pesticides
posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:23 PM
European Union Plans to restrict three neonicotinoid pesticides on plants and cereals that attract bees.
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National Beekeeper of Year Focuses on Dying Bees
posted on April 12, 2013 at 7:59 AM
LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- A Utah man is trying to use his recognition as this year's national beekeeper of the year to focus attention on a major threat to the industry: colony collapse disorder.
Darren Cox of Cache County, who has 5,000 hives in Utah,...
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EU Proposal To Protect Bees Stirs Hornets' Nest
posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Proposal restricts the use of three pesticides.
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Posh Hotels are Buzzing With Tiny New Guests
posted on July 13, 2012 at 12:59 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - An iconic hotel in the heart of midtown Manhattan is buzzing with thousands of tiny new visitors. But watch out: They'll sting if you get too close.
Honeybees have taken up...
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USDA Survey Shows Fewer Honeybee Colony Losses
posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says fewer honeybee colonies are being lost, suggesting bees' health may be improving.
A survey made public Thursday shows that about 22 percent of U.S. honeybee colonies were lost this...
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Latest Buzz on Bee Decline: Maybe It's Pesticides
posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A common class of pesticide is causing problems for honeybees and bumblebees, important species already in trouble, two studies suggest.
But the findings don't explain all the reasons behind a long-running bee decline, and other...
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Clothianidin Pesticide Harms Honeybees And Must Be Banned, Beekeepers Claim
posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:39 PM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a petition Wednesday, asking federal regulators to suspend use of a pesticide they say harms honeybees.
The group is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Study: Parasitic fly could explain bee die-off
posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honey bee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives.
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Feds tighten belt by cutting agriculture reports
posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM
When farmers need to check honey prices so they can decide whether to sell, there's been a report for that. And when catfish and sheep farmers want to check production in their industries, there've been reports for that, too.
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Amid Bee Die-Off, Healthy Hives Thrive in Cities
posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Among the wildflowers and native grasses in the garden atop Chicago's City Hall stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come and go in patterns more graceful, but just as busy, as the traffic on the street 11 stories below.
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Proposal to tax Calif. beekeepers stirs up swarm
posted on April 1, 2011 at 3:04 PM
FRESNO, Calif (AP) - A proposal to tax beekeepers who do business in California to pay for research on honey bees' health is stirring up a swarm.
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World's Bee Hives to Decline Without Human Changes
posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:03 PM
(Associated Press) The U.N.'s environmental agency warned in a new report Thursday that the world's bee population is likely to keep declining unless humans change the way they manage the planet.
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Beekeepers Derail Proposed Bee Rules
posted on January 7, 2011 at 5:01 PM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind (AP) — Western Indiana beekeepers who swarmed county officials with complaints about proposed limits on their honey-making hobby have forced officials to drop the proposal after warning that it would have virtually eliminated the...
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Companies Hope Sourcing Will Stem Illegal Honey
posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:12 PM
FRESNO, Calif (AP) -- Honey companies and importers are launching a program in January to try to stop the flow of illegally sourced honey from coming into the country.
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