Sentences with phrase «collapse disorder»

At a news conference before the meeting, Councilman Paul Koretz argued that urban beekeeping was especially needed in the face of colony collapse disorder, which has devastated agricultural hives that pollinate avocados, almonds and other crucial crops.

Bee die - offs, colony collapse disorder and possible causes have made headlines.

Part of this is fueled by the shock over the problem of colony collapse disorder, a mysterious event where entire colonies of bees perish.

Hackenberg, 58, was first to report Colony Collapse Disorder to bee researchers at Penn State University.

In fact, another study published earlier this year in PLoS ONE, found that dead bees in Indiana, which had perished from Colony Collapse Disorder, had several different neonicotinoid pesticides in their systems.

Colony collapse disorder (CCD), in which colonies inexplicably lose all of their worker bees, has been blamed for the loss of 50 - 90 percent of colonies in beekeeping operations across the U.S.

Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, bee hives are found missing nearly all of their adult bees.

Since neonicotinoid pesticides work by impacting insect's central nervous systems, researchers have long raised concerns about the role they could play in Colony Collapse Disorder.

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As to the cause of colony collapse disorder, no one cause has been yet singled out, but rampant pesticide use is emerging as a leading culprit:

Disappearing or Disappointed Bee I recently watched the documentary, The Vanishing of the Bees (a must see, by the way) and was inspired to create a costume to raise awareness about Colony Collapse Disorder.

However, according to an article in The Organic Center's most recent newsletter, The Scoop, a key discovery has strengthened the link between pesticide use and colony collapse disorder, a long considered cause of CCD.

Although bees have been getting the spotlight for Colony Collapse Disorder, bats are suffering from «the most precipitous wildlife decline in the past century in North America,» according to biologists.

The sudden and unexpected loss became known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

Colony collapse disorder is something we've seen evidence of for a number of years now, with no clear cause, and no definite end, in sight (though it is looking a little better).

Beekeeping groups around the country have compiled lists of information, links and guidance, and a Colony Collapse Disorder Working Group has been set up to speed up research into this worrying phenomenon.

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Reports of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), as the syndrome has become known, have sky - rocketed in the last year, catching the attention of the Discovery Channel and the Washington Post, among others.

It wouldn't be the first time that researchers have claimed to solve the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) mystery.

From beekeepers using the internet to fight colony collapse disorder, through crop mob and other new agrarians organizing online, to wireless soil sensors optimizing farm resources, a return to sustainable farming

The phenomenon started by four San Francisco women beat out «upcycling» (the big brother of «recycling») and «colony collapse disorder» (affecting bee populations worldwide this year), among others, to take the top prize and win inclusion in our cultural lexicon.

Still, self - pollinating trees could save growers a hefty chunk of change in renting bees - which can be as much as a $ 1 million annual expense for larger growers - and help offset the difficulty in getting bees at all as colony collapse disorder takes its toll.

Colony collapse disorder has claimed more than one - third of honey bees in the United States since it was first identified in 2006.

A new study published in the journal Environmental Microbiology Reports may clarify things, as a team of Spanish researchers report the cause of the colony collapse disorder, and also suggest a cure.

FA striking example of our dependence on pollinator services and the damage that can be inflicted on the agricultural economy without them can be seen in the decline of US honeybee populations beginning in late 2006 which became known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

While this may not be a global solution to the colony collapse disorder, if it can save a few hives, it will be cause for celebration in the apiarist community.

Disorder strikes colonies And lately the world has been hit by a new crisis, called colony collapse disorder.

Their findings suggest that this could be a key factor in explaining the prevalence and devastation of colony collapse disorder around the world.

Scientists call the mysterious wasting - away of the the world's bee populations «colony collapse disorder.»

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Stopping Colony Collapse Disorder While bees are the best known pollinators, butterflies are a close second in transferring pollen from one plant to another.

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Scientists have started to equip bees with microchips to better understand what is happening around they mysterious colony collapse disorder, and activists are starting to get more and more resourceful about providing habitat for bees.

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As part of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in Marquette they are protecting these and other pollinators dying across the world, especially in the Midwest, with Colony Collapse Disorder.

This new technology could save bees from colony collapse disorder by alerting beekeepers ahead of time whether the hive is thriving or sick — and allowing beekeepers to share their data and knowledge with others.

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If there was any doubt about the importance of bees for their pollination services alone, these many amazing feats should leave no one in doubt that we must do everything in our power to improve bee habitat, reduce pesticide poisonings, and stop the colony collapse disorder to save these useful insects.

Given the pressing urgency of Colony Collapse Disorder, and the staggering decline in some bumblebee and butterfly populations, it has been a delight to watch (and hear) the bees, wasps, butterflies and dragon flies that have descended on our yard.

Also in response to colony collapse disorder, many people have been moving away from industrial honey for the holiday and choosing organic, local honey that coincides with their values.

, who, as chair of the House Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Subcommittee, organized the first congressional hearing earlier this year to discuss this phenomenon, said: «Colony collapse disorder is a looming disaster on the horizon.

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Colony Collapse Disorder was first noticed as a problem in the winter of 2006/7, when beekeepers began reporting losses of 30 to 90 percent of their hives, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

The case of the disappearing bees (i.e. the «colony collapse disorder») has become one of this year's most buzzed about science stories.

Last week we reported on a lawsuit filed by the NRDC which seeks to force the EPA to turn over test results for a Bayer CropScience insecticide which may be linked to colony collapse disorder.

The point of this post is that beekeepers have adapted to maintain the honey bee supply (they're not indigenous to N. America) despite the losses to Colony Collapse Disorder — hence the confident predictions of a bee - pocalypse during the past 7 years have proven wrong.