Sentences with phrase «mysterious colony collapse»

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.

«Vanishing of the Bees» follows the story of American beekeepers who are rapidly losing their bees to the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

If for no other reason than to save face, I would love to claim that I too was victim of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, but the thousands of dead little bee faces looking up at me when I opened up the hive suggest that my furry flying buddies met a more mundane, yet equally deadly, fate.

Bees may not be headline news anymore, but from disease to mites to pesticides to the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, the challenges they face are as serious as ever.

Not exact matches

In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once - healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen.

Hives across North America have been hammered, many by a particularly mysterious syndrome known as colony collapse disorder, or CCD.

The pile of dead bees ended up revealing a previously unrecognized suspect in colony collapse disorder — a mysterious condition that for several years has been causing declines in U.S. honeybee populations, which are needed to pollinate many important crops.

He cautions, however, against extrapolating to the still - mysterious honeybee deaths attributed to colony collapse disorder in North America.

Habitat loss, pesticide poisoning, viruses and parasitic mites, any or all of which may be behind the mysterious syndrome called colony collapse disorder, have taken their toll on the domesticated bees, leaving farmers increasingly dependent on native bees.

In the five years since honeybees began vanishing due to a mysterious syndrome called colony collapse disorder, beekeepers worldwide have lost a staggering 45 billion bees each year.

The challenge this time is to identify variations in the buzz that can be linked to disease, including colony collapse disorder — a mysterious ailment that has weakened colonies around the world.

He adds that keeping one's family healthy isn't the only reason to avoid foods produced using chemical inputs: «Pesticide and herbicide use contaminates groundwater, ruins soil structures and promotes erosion, and may be a contributor to «colony collapse disorder», the sudden and mysterious die - off of pollinating honeybees that threatens the American food supply.»

Research in the wake of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious malady afflicting (primarily commercial) honey bees, suggests that pests, pathogens and pesticides all play a role.

Apart from keeping hives happy, they hope to collect enough data to shed light on colony collapse disorder, which has devastated beehives since 2006, but whose cause remains mysterious.

They are currently being ravaged by a mysterious disease called colony collapse disorder.

Rita Brhel, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan It's been nine years since Colony Collapse Disorder first made headlines, not only in the beekeeping community but also to the masses with reports speculating the effects of this mysterious, sudden disappearance of millions of honey bees on future supermarket prices.

Researchers have established that the toxic substances within high - fructose corn syrup have led to «colony collapse disorder», a mysterious disease, which has killed at the very least one - third of the honeybee population in the United States.

The award is being given both for her work on the coevolutionary battles between plants and the insects that eat them and her role in clarifying the factors involved in the still - mysterious phenomenon called «colony collapse disorder.»

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 implications of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the mysterious disease decimating honeybee populations, extend far past the beekeeping industry.

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

So, the cause of sudden colony collapse remains a bit mysterious, although some positive candidates are emerging.

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