Tag Archives: Pesticide toxicity to bees

Scientists Glue tiny RFID Chips on Bees

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Bees are very small but extremely vital to the world. Their free service of pollination plants is in danger as bee populations have crashed. Scientists still do not fully understand the causes. A new...

Honey Bees are More Valuable for UK than Royal Family

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The royal family has a role to play in the economy of the UK. The overall pomp and show not to mention the palaces and sightseeing by tourists causes an amount of money to the tune of 500 million...

Bees get Stimulated by Pesticides

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Extensive studies were carried out in Sweden on the effects of neonicotinoids on bees. The results spoke volumes about the deleterious effects of these pesticides on bee populations. Two papers got...

Plant Virus Jumps 1.6-Billion-Year Species Barrier Killing Honeybees

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The mystery of colony collapse disorder in honeybees has a remarkable new suspect – a plant virus that has made a spectacular jump across 1.6 billion years of evolution to infect insects. The...

Wearable Tech Already Deployed In Australia… On Bees

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At last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, wearable technology was supposedly the hottest new thing. A wide array of companies introduced headsets, activity monitors and...