Sentences with phrase «into colony collapse»

Research into Colony Collapse Disorder Begins to Yield Results?

Those questions inform research into colony collapse disorder (CCD), a phenomenon that has killed over a third of commercial honeybees in the U.S. and some European countries since 2006.

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Especially in Texas, which would collapse into the Earth's crust if it wasn't held up by one enormous fire ant colony and where trees are just glorified bushes, «picnic» is just code for «trying not to kill one another as we gag down tepid, curdled mayonnaise».

Beginning in 2006, when episodes of high colony mortality were first reported, millions of dollars have been spent on research into the causes of what became known as Colony Collapse Discolony mortality were first reported, millions of dollars have been spent on research into the causes of what became known as Colony Collapse DisColony Collapse Disorder.

«Although insecticides were acknowledged as contributing to the demise of bee colonies, in most of the key studies into the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder, scientists emphasized the factors causing the most significant problems for honey bees were Varroa mites and the viruses they transmit to honey bees,» he said.

On competition day, the kids donned miniature lab coats featuring a kid - designed, bee - inspired logo, quietly carried their presentation poster, laptops and robots into the judges» room, and held forth, one at a time, on bees and colony collapse disorder.

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Yet while I have learned an awful lot about the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder, the struggle to lift bans on urban beekeeping, and even the mysterious case of red bees and red honey in Brooklyn — I am afraid that this theoretical knowledge did not translate into real world success.

The following link continues to buffalo the American public into believing «neonicotinoids» are the primary culprit in bee colony collapse disorder.

Neonicotinoids have been linked to colony collapse in the past; the incredibly effective pesticide works by spreading throughout the seeds and stems of treated plants; making its way into nectar and pollen supplies, where it is picked up by pollinators like bees; and, finally, attacking the nervous system of the exposed insects.

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.