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NEWS ABOUT: honeybees

honeybees stories: 7 news summaries

 Bees Can Count, Scientists Claim—Up to 4, That Is

But they cannot go beyond 4

Oct 27, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honey bees can count up to four, Australian researchers have found, but no higher. In a University of Queensland study, bees repeatedly flew to the same marked spot in a tunnel, even when it did not hold food, Reuters reports. "We find that if you train them to the... More »

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Australia • honeybees • University of Queensland • counting

(Newser) - A German prosecutor is investigating allegations that chemical giant Bayer CropScience knowingly sold a pesticide that kills honeybees, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. The investigation follows complaints from German beekeepers and environmentalists that the company covered up incriminating data on chlothianidine. In the US, meanwhile, an environmental group sued... More »

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colony collapse disorder • honeybees • Environmental Protection Agency • Natural Resources Defense Council • Bayer • pesticide • chlothianidine

Opinion

 Vegans: To Bee or Not to Bee?

Debate over bee explotation risks deluting animal rights message

Jul 31, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although many vegans view buttered toast and milk as sacrilegious snack fare, a growing “flexitarian” attitude could loosen up the menu to include honey, writes Daniel Engber for Slate. Vegan hardliners argue consumption of the beekeeping byproduct amounts to supporting forced labor, while nectarous proponents counter that such logic... More »

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honeybees • animal rights • honey • vegetarianism • vegans • vegan diet

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

Bee Die-Off Threatens Dinner, Dessert

Colony collapse means trouble for fruits, nuts—and ice cream

Feb 18, 08 9:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The ongoing mystery of the diminishing honeybee population is threatening an important part of the American diet: ice cream. Bee colonies have been disappearing at a rapid rate, potentially causing problems with supplies of vegetables as well as fruit and nuts, which Haagen Dazs says may keep it from offering... More »

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honeybees • insects • bee colony collapse disorder • Haagen-Dazs • ice cream

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

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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