Colony Collapse Disorder

We are only beginning to understand the recent, mysterious honey bee die offs

Edit Quartz 28 May 2016

While the massive and sudden colony collapses that occurred a decade ago have abated, honey bees are still dying at troubling rates ... In 2006 beekeepers in the United States reported that a mysterious affliction, dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), was causing widespread die-offs of bees....

Virginia has fewer bee colonies but is seeing fewer losses (Virginia Farm Bureau)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

Virginia Farm Bureau) RICHMOND-The number of Virginia honey bee colonies declined between the winter of 2015 and the winter of 2016, but a warm winter may have helped more bees survive this year ... Colony collapse disorder has been a new challenge to beekeepers in recent years ... Sometimes those factors can lead to a hive being abandoned, as is common in colony collapse disorder, he said. 'Colony collapse disorder is not a specific disease....

Beekeeping Sandy Springs mayor moves swarm to safety

Edit Atlanta Journal 27 May 2016

He said he was headed to check out a colony in his rector’s home when the city called about a swarm on the City Springs construction site early Thursday morning ... Last weekend, Paul posted on Facebook that his colonies in Alabama have been busy produing almost four gallons of honey ... Colony Collapse Disorder and other diseases threaten the natural populations....

Mason Bee Update/Great Helpers (City of Hillsboro, OR)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

(Source. City of Hillsboro, OR) April 14 Update .. The female Mason Bees have been continuing to be very busy nesting and making the next year's generation. This year I've been able to introduce Mason Bees at my house as well. It's been great to observe them daily and at many different times of the day ... With Honey Bees falling victim to colony collapse disorder, solitary bees are even more important and gaining in popularity ... (noodl....

Colony Collapse Disorder and Neonicotinoid Insecticides

Edit Dissident Voice 26 May 2016

Three different types of neonicotinoids were previously banned in the EU in 2013 because of the risk they posed to bees after large-scale field trials in Hungary, Germany and the UK have demonstrated a link between neonicotinoids and Colony Collapse Disorder ... Colony Collapse Disorder is still highly debated among scientists with Purdue University entomologist, Tom Turpin, denying that this disorder exists....

Deciphering the Mysterious Decline of Honey Bees

Edit The New Republic 24 May 2016

While the massive and sudden colony collapses that occurred a decade ago have abated, honey bees are still dying at troubling rates ... In 2006 beekeepers in the United States reported that a mysterious affliction, dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), was causing widespread die-offs of bees....

Nearly 30 Percent of U.S. Bees Wiped Out This Winter

Edit Mercola 24 May 2016

The preliminary results on bee colony losses from 2015 to 2016 were released by The Bee Informed Partnership in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S ... As stated by GMO expert Don Huber, P.h.D.,, professor emeritus of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, there are three established characteristics of colony collapse disorder that suggest glyphosate may be at least partly responsible....

Honey Bee Colonies (May 2016) (NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016

Honey Bee Colonies ... Maximum number of honey producing colonies during the year, yield, production, stocks, and price by State and United States ... Honey Bee Colonies ... Colony loss percentage by State and United States. Colony health stressors and loss percentages by State and United States. Colonies reported lost with Colony Collapse Disorder symptoms for the United States ... Colonies lost with Colony Collapse Disorder for the United States....

Something buzzing on FHSU campus this summer (Fort Hays State University)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016

(Source ... Jensen wants to educate the public about Colony Collapse Disorder, which has plagued honey bees since 2006. With CCD, there are no worker bees in the colony, which still has the queen bee and immature bees present ... With the FHSU colony, the hope is to eventually produce honey, which can then be sold ... To avoid getting stung when they check the hive, members will wear beekeeper suits such as the ones worn to establish the colony....

Sticky fingers: The rise of the bee thieves

Edit The Guardian 17 May 2016

What became known as “colony collapse disorder” – a lethal combination of disease, drought, land loss and pesticide use – brought the industry to its knees, forcing hundreds of keepers, unable to maintain their hives through the cold winter, out of business ... Beekeepers tend to shrug at media reports about the mysteries of colony collapse ... “The beekeepers are already fighting the colony collapse disease,” she continued....

Something disturbing is happening to honey bee colonies and scientists can't explain why

Edit Business Insider 16 May 2016

Bees have struggled in general for years, facing problems that wreak havoc on populations like colony collapse disorder ... Below is what the researchers have found since they first started tracking bee colony losses in 2007. The total losses of colonies (yellow) are trending upward year-over-year. ... But according to the USDA, these annual colony losses need to be knocked down to about 18.7% if they are to be manageable....

U.S. bee colonies continue to decline

Edit Denver Post 15 May 2016

honeybee numbers continue to drop, according to two new studies, with scientists blaming mite infestations while the pace of the phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder accelerated in the first quarter ... honeybee colonies declined 8.1 percent to ......

San Francisco hotels build beehives for honey, awareness

Edit Boston Herald 14 May 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — At the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, there are more than 370 rooms inside and 100,000 bees buzzing above in rooftop hives outside. Yes, honeybees ... At the W, they make honey ice cream ... Fairmont's first beehives were built in 2008 at the company's hotels in Toronto and in Vancouver in an effort to help combat Colony Collapse Disorder ... The colony is expected to grow to 800,000 by next year, said General Manager Michael Pace....

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