Sentences with phrase «of colony collapse»

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.

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

Saving the Bees Bees Rejoice: One Potential Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder Will Engineering a «Flexi - Bee» Save Colonies from Collapse?

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:

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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.

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.

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

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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.

The mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder, a sudden die - off of bee populations that spread across the world since 2006, is slowly being solved.

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

Meanwhile the subject of colony collapse disorder receives ample media attention — with even Comedy Central's Colbert Report inviting a bee specialist for their 3rd of March episode.

On November 5, 2011, Enteles will discuss her «Pollinator» series and its exploration of Colony Collapse Disorder with assistant curator Gabriel de Guzman at 1:30 p.m..

Alarmed by the news of Colony Collapse Disorder, she decided to explore the plight of pollinating bees in her Pollinator series.

Eric, a UC Davis professor in the Department of Entomology, explained the importance of honeybees to our food supply, described the phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder and placed -LSB-...]

The honeybee, for example, produces some types of proteins that attract varroa mites, a parasite that scientists believe to be a cause of colony collapse disorder.

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.

Scientists are urgently trying to determine the causes of colony collapse disorder and the alarming population declines of honeybees.

«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.

Although theories abound, no smoking gun has emerged and the cause of colony collapse disorder remains a mystery

Then there are the bees: Regardless of whether honeybees become extinct as a species as a result of colony collapse disorder, climate change and other threats, the local extinction of various honeybee populations and the pollination they provide could spell disaster for human agriculture.

Vanishing Bees takes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), including beekeepers, entomologists, growers, agrichemical companies, and government regulators.

Although you're probably aware that I've switched to maple syrup, coconut nectar and rice malt syrup for my weekly baking, we still use honey on occasion (usually atop porridge or Weetbix) and issues of colony collapse are constantly on my mind.

Not exact matches

Maryam Henein, the director of Vanishing of the Bees, a 2010 documentary that explores the environmental ramifications Colony Collapse Disorder, dismisses the personified bee being backburnered as little more than a clever «healthwashing» - reminiscent corporate publicity stunt.

Their value collapsed when the British counterfeited billions of them in order to stifle the colonies becoming financially independent.

A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois found a possible link between feeding high fructose corn syrup and the collapse of the honeybee colonies around the world saying, «The widespread apicultural use of honey substitutes, including high - fructose corn syrup, may thus compromise the ability of honey bees to cope with pesticides and pathogens and contribute to colony losses.»

Honeydrop also donates 1 % of proceeds to local beekeepers that are active in their communities, to build and maintain beehives to fight against Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), an epidemic threatening the global bee population.

Through Honeydrop's Buy A Bottle — Save A Bee initiative, a portion of their proceeds are donated to local beekeepers throughout the country to help battle Colony Collapse Disorder, an epidemic threatening the global bee population.

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.

Previous studies linking neonicotinoids to sharp declines in honeybee populations, known as colony collapse disorder, prompted the European Union in 2013 to pass a two - year ban on the use of the pesticides, though bee experts now believe a parasitic mite, poor nutrition or both may also weaken or kill the insects.

During winter, he charges, what looks just like colony collapse disorder largely emptied 15 of his team's 16 test hives in central Massachusetts.

The San Francisco State University researcher wanted to study flower visits by bees, given the effects of climate shifts and the destructive illness called colony collapse disorder.

Researchers isolate possible cause of «colony collapse disorder» but stress that other explanations are still in play

In the case of the affected hives that Hafernik's group studied, the bees — and the parasitizing flies and their larvae — contained genetic traces of a parasite and a virus that were previously implicated in colony collapse disorder.

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.

Earlier research had found signs that mites, a virus or a fungus, or a combination of these factors, might be responsible for the widespread colony collapse.

May Berenbaum, entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and inspiration for the X Files fictional entomologist Bambi Berenbaum, talks about colony collapse disorder and disappearing bees as well as the importance of honeybees in agriculture

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.

Hopefully not all of their colonies will collapse...

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by May Berenbaum and colleagues finds that bee colony collapse disorder seems to be related to bees» ribosomes breaking down, which keeps them from making the proteins they need to deal with stress and disease.

And May Berenbaum, entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, talks about the latest publication related to colony collapse disorder and ribosome damage in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A big clue about what's behind the disappearing honeybees, also known as colony collapse disorder, or CCD: May Berenbaum's team at the University of Illinois at Urbana — Champaign found that bees» ribosomes were torn up.

«The global reliance on honeybees for pollination is a risky strategy given the threats to the health of managed honeybee populations due to pests and diseases such as Varroa mites and colony collapse disorder.

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.

While some research seeks a «magic bullet» solution to honeybee maladies such as Colony Collapse Disorder, «many of the problems are caused by human action and can only be mitigated by changes in human behavior,» Owen says.

Only during the winter months of 2014/2015, up to fifty per cent of all bee colonies in some Austrian regions collapsed.

As colony collapse disorder and other maladies continue to devastate honeybee populations, researchers are turning their attention to alternative pollinators — the thousands of native bee species throughout the country — and are looking for ways to make croplands more attractive to these wild bees.

Wild bees could become more important because of the decline in numbers of honey bees due to colony collapse disorder, which has resulted in the loss of more than 10 million hives in the past decade.

A widespread and poorly understood cause of die - off is called colony collapse disorder (CCD), marked by unusually high bee losses (up to 90 percent per hive) in which worker bees vanish.