Normally worker ants are not supposed to mate. Their job is to build a hive and care for the hive queen’s offspring instead. But a new study showed that when worker ants actually break the taboo and reproduce,...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 324 views | 22 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
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In a city that thrives on buzz, hidden corners of New York City contain plenty of the real thing. As Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) continues to devastate up to 35% of beehives, these under-the-radar honey...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 379 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) occurs when a hive's inhabitants suddenly disappear, leaving only queens, eggs and a few immature workers, like so many apian Mary Celestes. The vanished bees are never found, but thought to die singly far from home. The parasites, wildlife and...
"A wet fall, a long winter and an influx of invasive species are the usual suspects investigators have rounded up in search for clues to a malady crippling honeybee populations in southern Ontario and other parts...
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"Here is an item that is really troubling, in that, we here on Earth do not know what may get to our human population first - famine (lack of food) or disease (animal flu crossover).
The bee populations...
created by Edmund Jenks | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 675 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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"There really aren't any moderate Democrats anymore. In the last decade, I've observed the radical leftward move of the Democrats, with an upsurge in over-the-top rhetoric that is akin to rhetorical arson. Here are ten things I hate about Democrats:"
"1) The...
created by nukegingrich | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1814 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"Exterminators have removed a hive containing an estimated quarter-million Africanized bees from a home near Bisbee where a man was fatally stung on Aug. 20." Read the original story at KVOA News 4, Tucson,...
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