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NEWS ABOUT: bees

bees stories: 14 news summaries

 'Nanobees' Sting Cancer Cells 

Scientists abuzz over treatment using bee venom and nanoparticles

Sep 29, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists working to harness the power of bee venom in the fight against cancer have created "nanobees" that can actually sting a tumor to death. Melittin, an ingredient in bee venom with anti-tumor properties, was attached to tiny spheres that sought out and attacked cancerous cells in mice. Previous... More »

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cancer • bees • cancer research • tumor • nanotechnology • red blood cells

(Newser) - The Astros-Padres game yesterday in San Diego drew a crowd of 23,284—and thousands of bees. Padres left fielder Kyle Blanks sighted the swarm in the top of the ninth and tried to signal the umpire, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I saw Kyle walking toward the infield... More »

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bees • San Diego Padres • Houston Astros • San Diego • Scott Hairston • Kyle Blanks • beekeeper

 Beekeepers 
 Stung by 
 Rustlers 

High price of honey motivates thieves to cart off bees by the million

May 22, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spate of thefts has rocked Britain's once close-knit beekeeping community, the Independent reports. Many farmers have lost hives, sometimes up to 100 in one theft, worth many thousands of dollars. A shortage of honey after massive bee die-offs over two harsh winters has made bees valuable enough to be... More »

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bees • theft • honey • Britain

Surprise! Coked-Up Bees
Get Buzzed, Too 

Drugged-up bees get overexcited and dance like crazy

Jan 6, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Coked-up bees get as buzzed as their human counterparts, the New York Times reports. Researchers probing the nature of addiction discovered that when bees were given a dose of cocaine their judgment was altered and they became much more enthusiastic about food finds, performing the waggle dance more often, faster,... More »

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bees • drugs • drug addiction • cocaine • insects • scientific research

Nissan's New Safety System Uses Bee Logic

Lasers will mimic compound eyes to detect, avoid obstacles

Sep 26, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nissan is set to unveil new collision-avoidance technology modeled on the behavior of bees, PC World reports, with a small robot car to demonstrate the system in Japan next week. The automakers’ engineers have developed laser range-finders that mimic the insects’ ability to adjust their path and avoid collisions by... More »

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bees • Nissan • safety • auto industry • auto technology • laser • car safety • traffic accident

(Newser) - Honeybees flip over en masse and reflect light with their bellies for a reason, scientists have found: It's to scare off enemies. Bee experts knew that giant honeybees in Southeast Asia flipped over by the hundreds or even thousands but only recently discovered they were warding off predatory wasps. What... More »

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bees • study • science • honeybee

 Bat Deaths Perplex Scientists 

Syndrome could devastate population

Aug 1, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are still in the dark about what’s causing the deaths of vast numbers of bats in the Northeast, but some theories have emerged, Salon reports. Some scientists believe white-nose syndrome is driven by global warming, while others are looking hard at pesticides. In either case, humans may have... More »

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bees • global warming • ecology • illness • fungus • bats • hibernation • animal • pesticide

opinion

Vanishing Bees Reveal Dangers of Pesticides

Why won't the US
do the right thing, ban dangerous products?

Jul 30, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The rapid, mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees demand a closer look at how we use and control pesticides, Al Meyerhoff writes in the Los Angeles Times. A family of toxic chemicals called neonictonoids—led by two Bayer pesticides called Gaucho and Poncho—may be killing off the insects, but... More »

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bees • chemicals • honeybees • insects • pesticide

Beekeeping Hobbyists Spark Swarm of Controversy

Towns across US limit the pastime

Jul 11, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beekeeping is causing an unwanted buzz in some American towns as amateurs raise colonies for the love of it. As honeybees disappear from commercial hives, the ranks of hobbyist beekeepers have risen to some 100,000, reports the Wall Street Journal. Amid concerns the bees could zoom amok, some communities... More »

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bees • honeybee • bee colony collapse disorder

Buzz Uneven for Bee Movie

Critics divided by Seinfeld's animated debut

Nov 2, 07 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld uses “every stupid bee joke that he and his cronies could cook up” in Bee Movie, Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal says, and USA Today's Claudia Puig calls the animated feature “so unfunny it almost stings.” But Newsday finds Barry B. Benson’s... More »

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bees • Jerry Seinfeld • animation • movie review • computer animation • Renee Zellweger • movies • animated movie

Virus Causes Buzz in Bee Caper

Breakthrough may
help explain billions
of apian deaths

Sep 6, 07 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees now has a new leading suspect, scientists say: a newcomer to the US called Israeli acute paralysis virus. And as most stricken colonies test positive for the disease, the lead seems promising, the AP reports. The deaths have hit between 50% and 90%... More »

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bees • agriculture • honeybees • virus • entomology • epidemiology

Safer Farms Sting Chinese Beekeepers

Cleaning up honey industry
means facing swarms of opposition

May 3, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stung by recent scandals over tainted food exports, a small group of Chinese beekeepers is trying to sweeten up local honey production. They're throwing out standard practices, like using antibiotics to treat their colonies, and pushing natural options. But the old guard is using violence in its attempts to prevent... More »

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China • food • bees • food contamination • honey

Fungus Could
Be Culprit in Death of Bees

First clue to the malady that's wiped out a quarter of US colonies

Apr 26, 07 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finally, a lead in the mysterious honeybee crisis that's had scientists and keepers buzzing for months. A fungus called nosema ceranae is showing up frequently in colonies that have suffered heavy losses, giving scientists hope of controlling what they call "colony collapse disorder," the Los Angeles Times reports.... More »

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bees • colony collapse disorder • honeybee • fungus • nosema ceranae

Modified Corn Could Be Killing The Bees

 "Built-in pesticides"  linked to disappearing honeybees

Mar 29, 07 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Genetically modified corn is the culprit in the disappearance of honeybees, according to a theory offered by a beekeeping expert, says Salon.  In a German study, the corn itself, which contains built-in pesticides, didn't kill the bees, but it seems to have damaged their intestines, making them vulnerable to... More »

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bees • Germany • genetic modification • corn • honeybees • pesticide

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