More on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) from around the web
Posted by Gavin on November 18, 2009 in Environment, Farming, Food & health, Global issues
Another round-up of online press and research covering the debate on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the name given to an apparent global decline in the pollinating bee population. Comments and link contributions are welcomed - look for the ‘Comments’ link at the base of this post.
Press
Trying to Diagnose the Disappearing Bees (Voice of Sandiego.org)
10 Possible Causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (About.com)
Scientists Untangle Multiple Causes of Bee Colony Disorder (Environment News Service)
Habitat loss and disease are bees’ bane, not pesticides (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Pesticides blamed for killing bees (Telegraph.co.uk)
Global Honey Bee Population Increasing, Despite Local Losses (ecoworldly.com)
Mysterious decline in bee population creates worry (WorldFocusOnline via YouTube)
General reference
Colony collapse disorder (Wikipedia)
Colony collapse disorder - Possible causes and research (Wikipedia)
Research
Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study
(van Engelsdorp et al. plosone.org)
Honeybee colony collapse due to Nosema ceranae in professional apiaries
(Higes et al. Environmental Microbiology Reports, via Wiley InterScience)
Distribution and decline of British bumblebees
(Williams / Natural History Museum UK)
RSS
Comments(2)Latest summary of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) reports and opinion
Posted by Helen Dunnett on March 11, 2009 in Environment, Farming, Food & health
As promised, here’s a summary of various reports and comments we’ve found online recently discussing the disappearance of honey bees in Europe and America.
- Hopes rise in puzzle of dying bees (Delaware Online)http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090309/NEWS/903090314
- Don’t blame amateur keepers for declining bees (Guardian.co.uk)http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/05/beekeepers-endangered-bees
- ‘No proof’ of bee killer theory (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm - Haagen-Dazs makes second gift for honeybee research and education (Penn State University)http://live.psu.edu/story/37918
BBC have produced a series of video reports recently on honey bees which you’ll find below.
- Amazing Facts about honey bees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7925218.stm - Putting the varroa mite under the microscope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7925591.stm - Beekeeper on losing his colony
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925399.stm - Bee mystery in Italy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7613786.stm