Honeybee deaths reaching crisis point

Honey bees are essential not for the honey that they provide us with but for the job they do in ensuring that fruit and vegetable crops are pollinated. In the UK the honeybee population is in crisis and noone...

Millions of Bees terrorize Calif. Highway

"Honey, have you been sinning more than usual lately? God's sending swarms of insects again.""SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Millions of swarming honey bees are on the loose after a truck carrying crates of the...

Diseases could wipe out honeybees by 2018

Most of Britain's honeybees could be wiped out by disease in 10 years, costing the economy £165 million a year, experts warned yesterday.

Colony Collapse Disorder Mystery Solved?

Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University, Diana Cox-Foster and her colleagues points the finger at Israeli acute paralysis virus. The lurgy in question was, the researchers suggest, was imported...

Massive Honey Bee Die-Off Threatens US Crops

"Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees? March 1, 2007, By Lisa Duchene, Research Penn State Far away from the snowdrifts outside our windows, spring is unfolding in California as the almond trees begin...

Mysterious Disease Is Killing Our Honeybees

"Scientists are reporting a dramatic loss of honeybee colonies. Some beekeepers say they're losing 20 percent of their bees, others say half, some say 80 percent. They open the hives to find the bees dead, or...

Honeybees dropping like flies from mystery illness

"A mysterious illness killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the United States has industry experts baffled and Canadian beekeepers concerned about the health of their hives. Researchers in the...