British honeybee populations have been decimated by the varroa mite, but hidden inside hives in deepest Cornwall, something very special is happening...
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You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard
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There's no great conspiracy around bee deaths - hive diseases have been with us for millennia. No one who keeps livestock should expect an easy ride...
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Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests
… Bees stung by 'climate change-linked' early … The Ecologist | 7th September 2010 News Bees Pollination Natural World Wildlife … change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to …
New research encouraging gardeners to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of weedkillers and pesticides, Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) warns
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Beekeepers in US blame weather and starvation for another winter of heavy colony losses, which is likely to lead to rises in the cost of pollination
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Government and retailers, including B&Q and Wyevale, under pressure to impose a ban on sale of pesticides linked to bee population decline following new research
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Nine new studies will look at the role of pesticides, habitat loss and disease in the decline of insect pollinators like the honeybee and bumblebee
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Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
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Beekeepers' group ends commercial relationship with pesticide manufacturer whose product killed bees
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Continuing high winter losses in bee colonies is prompting fears about future of hobby beekeeping
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