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POPSBees Can Count To Four They really have a lot of the capacities that we so-called higher human beings possess. This, from an insect! Yet humans still treat animals as second-class citizens of this planet. Let's hope we still have bees around in the future. The bee die-off, or "colony collapse disorder" has still not been resolved. We need them, more than they need us, that's for sure.
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POPS'Flexi-bee' could pre-empt varroa mite.
Of course there is the honey, but there is also the critical role bees play in pollination, particularly crop fertilization. The loss of honey bee populations has the potential to have a devastating effect in many crops that at the moment we take for granted. There are two suggestions. One is to prevent the mite laying by altering a chemical released by the bees. The other disrupts the life cycle of the mite. It doesn't have to be either/or, both approaches need to be tried, in addition to further suggestions. The main thing we have to worry about taking into account our record of 'fixing' problems in nature (we don't seem to be that good at it) Is that our efforts don't further endanger the bee populations At the moment however, if we do nothing we will lose the bees. There is the possibility, that bees will develop their own resistance to the mite naturally. Selective breeding may be an option. I would be more inclined to listen to a beekeeper than a geneticist,.
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POPSBee Disease Still A Mystery, Despite New Advances Entomologists are studying the reasons behind an enormous bee die off happening across the country. They call it Colony Collapse Disorder, and if they cannot find a solution the 80% of fruits and vegetables that require pollination may not make it to market.
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POPSPesticides: Germany bans chemicals linked to honeybee devastation Germany bans 8 pesticides that are believed to kill bees By Thomas the Knitter Pesticides has been linked to the term Colony Collapse Disorder that describes a phenomenon where bee colonies suddenly disappear. This phenomenon have dramatically increased the last few years and is worrying for farmers
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POPSColony Collapse Disorder Mapping comparing CCD mapping to CWD mapping we see some similarity, remembering prions live on in water and soil for several years, can prions be to blame for Mad Bees Disease? Bees harvest essential amino acids of proteins.
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POPSMapping CWD in North America concentration of CWD , prions live on in soil and water for several years, comparing to Colony Collapse Disorder mapping, can bees be infected with prions?
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POPSSurvey shows rise in U.S. honey bee deaths From a selfish (human-centred) point of view, here's another reason why food prices will continue to rise at an accelerating rate. From the point of view of the bees, it must be even worse.
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POPSMysterious Bee Deaths Linked To Pesticides? Comment hsutton wrote: Pesticides "in and of itself is probably not the cause of the honeybee's dying. What are you feeding them? If the answer is a combination of high fructose corn syrup and water then it should be noted that some time back a genetic modifier introduced into "corn" is the real culprit. This modifier causes the corn to make it's own "pesticide". Going back to feeding them real Sugar/Water will stop most of the problem. Monsanto and other companies are putting these things in 90% of the vegetable crops in the US, and have been for some time. Whatever it's doing to the honey bees it will also eventually do to us. If this trend continues human beings will start dying from "unknown" causes sometime in the very near future too. Comment by subscriber:hsutton
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POPSEmergency honey bee plan in wings Wild European honey bees pollinate fruits and vegetables near the hives, and so farmers rely on them for a crop. They are discussing ways of introducing clean queens into the wild, that have been hatched by commercial farmers if the Varroa mites wipe the existing bees out. Apart from this patch, they are also discussing biosecurity, and reviewing the entire pollination industry.They will also discuss the use of native bees, which are not affected by the mite. Native bees will only be useful for some crops.
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POPSRoyal jelly triggers queen genes I'm sure any beekeeper can tell you that a queen bee is just a worker that has been fed royal jelly, They wanted to study the process in more detail, because the principle is thought to work in other animals, including humans, and they were also trying to work out how to make 'clean' queens in an attempt to help repair the damage to the honey industry with what has become affected by something known as Colony Collapse disorder. They achieved the same results as royal jelly when they switched of a gene Dnmt3, which showed demetylization of DNA led to the development of certain traits. Studies continue, but in humans things like obesity,infertility, longevity, and brain disorders, are thought to be affected by the chemical effects on genes
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POPSResearchers Closer To Solving Disappearing Bee Mystery Dennis Avery, director of the Center for Global Food Issues and senior fellow of the Hudson Institute said, "Of course, blaming pesticides has been the standard political tactic of the environmental movement since Rachel Carson wrongly blamed DDT for thinning the egg shells of eagles 40 years ago. "Again, the activists blamed before they knew the answer," Avery continued. "That's their tactic: Find a problem, blame it on something they want to get rid of, and put that perception into the public mind before anyone has time to do real science on the real problems. Bees play an integral role in the world food supply, providing pollination for 90 fruit and vegetable crops that in the United States alone generate $14 billion in annual revenue for U.S. farmers. The almond crop in California, for example, requires and cannot survive without bee pollination.
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POPSAll We Are Saying 2007 - the new words. Elaborations, explanations and non-clippable drawings... at source
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POPSAussie bees cleared of US colony collapse? Bee expert Doug Somerville said viruses only tend to be a problem for bees when they are already sick from malnutrition, pests, diseases, or environmental factors and pesticides. Apparently Australian bees don't like feeding off crops and weeds that have been sprayed with pesticide.
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POPSBees Not Being Killed By Cell Phones Is the mystery close to being solved? At least we know know now that bees are not being killed by cell phones. Though, in my mind, this seems like a very strange idea to offer for their disappearance. Anyway glad to know that this is not the reason.
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POPSDisappearance of Bees Finally Solved ? I really hope that this will start to clear up the mystery of the disappearing honeybees. They are an integral part of our harvest cycle and its really important we find out why the colonies are collapsing.
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POPSSilent loss of honeybees continues Many of these commercial beekeepers are on the verge of loosing their livelihood..........and profiteering chemical companies refute the claims or are slow to react. Similarly, scientists leading the research into colony-collapse disorder remain non-committal, claiming a yet-to-be identified microorganism capable of causing disease may be responsible. All too late for the beekeepers, and remember honeybees pollinate many of our food items such as apples, nuts, citrus fruit etc.
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POPSMysterious illness affects otters First it was Colony Collapse Disorder among honeybees. Then birds began to die in Texas. Now California's treasured sea otters, already an endangered species, are beginning to die mysteriously.
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