Posts using the tag colonycollapsedisorder

Helping Honeybees: Pesticides make it a tough time for pollinators

Posted March 26, 2010 by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bee, beetoxics, CCD, colonycollapsedisorder, honeybees, pesticides, spirotetramat

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Bee life ain’t easy. And lately, its been getting a lot harder. Recent press reports show that an array of stressors are taking a significant toll on America’s bees. Pesticides are at the top of the list, but you and...continued→

Protecting bees from mountaintop removal: close, but no cigar, Kentucky

Posted February 18, 2010 by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment

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bees, colonycollapsedisorder, dirtycoal, honeybees, mountaintopremoval, MTR, pollinator

Add mountaintop removal to the threats facing bees and other pollinators.  The AP reports that Kentucky’s state legislature is considering a bill encouraging coal companies to mitigate the effects of mountaintop removal mining on bees by planting bee-friendly vegetation on “reclaimed” mountaintop removal...continued→

Buzz kill: Unregulated spread of disease puts native bumble bees at risk

Posted January 12, 2010 by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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agriculture, bees, bumblebees, CCD, colonycollapsedisorder, disease, honeybees, pollinator, wildlife

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By now most of you have heard of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) – the mysterious condition that is causing the precipitous decline of honey bees.  In the US, these honey bees are not native and were brought here from Europe...continued→

Big Win for Bees: judge pulls bee toxic pesticide

Posted January 6, 2010 by Josh Mogerman in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bee, beetoxics, colonycollapsedisorder, honeybees, movento, pesticides, spirotetramat

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There are a lot of chemicals on the American market. And seemingly more are introduced every day to help make our lives simpler, houses cleaner, and lawns greener. We use them, assuming that they have gone through an appropriate...continued→

3 Years Since CCD First Reported: Bee Experts Track Progress

Posted September 3, 2009 by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment

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bee, colonycollapsedisorder, honeybees, USDA

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There's an interesting conversation about saving bees over at the New York Times opinion page today. Entomologists and beekeeping experts weigh in on what we now know about the recent honey bee decline.  Their general message on the status of...continued→

Do the Honey Bee

Posted August 28, 2009 by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment

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bee, colonycollapsedisorder, haagendazs, honeybees, simplesteps

Huffington Post blogger Joseph Freeman highlights this video celebrating honey bees from five brothers in California.  Ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs commissioned the work as part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness and funds to fight the honey bee crisis.  (We're told that "The dancing...continued→

USDA Reports on Colony Collapse Disorder Research

Posted July 28, 2009 by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment

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bee, CCD, colonycollapsedisorder, honeybees, pesticides, pollinator, simplesteps, USDA

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has produced its long awaited Colony Collapse Disorder Progress Report as mandated in the 2008 Farm Bill. This is a positive sign after previous confusion and a lack of clarity about what USDA was doing...continued→

Chemicals and bees: the good, the bad, the still legal

Posted July 27, 2009 by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

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bee, CCD, chemicals, colonycollapsedisorder, imidacloprid, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollinator, simplesteps

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I was out inspecting my bee hive this weekend. Yep, i've become a hobby beekeeper...its all the rage, dontcha know. Even though on most days my bees love me, yesterday one little rascal had a bad thought about me, culminating...continued→

Sustainable Style: working, recycling, farming, and living

Posted July 17, 2009 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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colonycollapsedisorder, dailygreen, ericgoldstein, francesbeinecke, gabychavarria, grist, sustainable cities

A three page feature article in the green issue of Latina Style magazine profiles Gaby Chavarria and her work with NRDC and La Onda Verde; the feature contains some great photos of Gaby including one with Frances Beinecke... In a...continued→

Weekly Web Roundup: Bonn, nature walks, coal

Posted June 5, 2009 by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

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bikes, carsharing, coal, colonycollapsedisorder, generalmotors, globalwarming, greenliving, hybrid, penguins, solar, swineflu

Today is World Environment Day. Grist offers a news roundup from the Bonn talks. Join a live chat with NRDC experts on Tuesday, June 9 at 1 pm EDT. Tune in to Switchboard to ask your questions and follow...continued→

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