Colony Collapse Disorder

Are Bees Everywhere In Trouble?

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Bee Dieout, Video, Bees, Bee Species, Pollination, Colony Collapse Disorder, Bee Dieoff, Pollinators, Insects, Honeybees, Animals, Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Green News

Bees are making headlines these days, and not in a positive way. Colony collapse disorder has cut through honeybee populations, with some beekeepers r...

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The Fox (Monsanto) Buys the Chicken Coop (Beeologics)

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Bees, Herbicides, Colony Collapse Disorder, Corn, Monsanto Remembee, Monsanto Bees, Green News
Richard Schiffman

Why would one of the largest purveyors of pesticides, genetically engineered seeds and agrochemicals want to buy a company which has been seeking solutions to the escalating threats to the world bee population?

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Queen Bees Are Demanding some R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Fool!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Pesticides, Honeybees, Bees, Organic Gardening, Pesticide Action Network, Honey Bee Have, Colony Collapse Disorder, Green News
Annie Spiegelman

Researchers worldwide have been scrambling to discover why bees are dying in record numbers. If you're not a huge fan of the bee, why should this matter to you? Well, if you like to eat food, you should be concerned.

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David Moye

BEE CAREFUL: 30,000 Bees Stuck In New Jersey Attic

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: 30000 Bees, Richard White, Video, Bee Removal, Colony Collapse Disorder, Cape May, Beehive, Gary Schempp, Weird New Jersey, Victoria Clayton, Animals in the News, Weird Photos & Videos, Slidepollajax, Weird News News

Victoria Clayton had a honey of a problem recently: 30,000 bees in the attic of her home in Cape May, N.J. When Clayton, who lives in the 19th cent...

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'Green News Report' - April 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Floods, Pesticides, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Power Plants, Fda, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Oil Spill, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bpa, Sewage, Energy, Bees, Ipcc, Nrdc, War, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Joe Biden, Subsidies, Steve Doocy, Barack Obama, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Coal, Radiation, Usda, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Maldives, Energy Efficiency, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Biden sla...

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Beekeepers Ask For EPA Pesticide Ban

AP | GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, Epa, Bees Pesticides, Clothianidin Pesticide Honeybees, Honeybees, Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Ap, Clothianidin, Video, Green News

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a petition Wednesday, asking federal regulators to suspend use of ...

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'Green News Report' - January 19, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: India, Fracking, West Virginia, Epa, Conservation, Coal, CAFE Standards, Pipeline, Canada, Soot, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Africa, Gas Mileage, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Coral Reefs, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Hawaii, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Pesticides, Nasa, Economy, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Methane, Rick Perry, Tar Sands, Cookstoves, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bees, Bats, Subsidies, State Department, Texas, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Wind Power, Whales, China, Ken Salazar, Sea Shepherd, Jerry Brown, Koch Brothers, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - January 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Methane, Tar Sands, Video, Oil Spill, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, State Department, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fish, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Nasa, Nome Alaska, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Italy, Pipeline, Canada, Soot, Chevron, Cruises, Subsidies, Coast Guard, Arctic, Shell Oil, Logging, Fox News, Pesticides, Economy, Coal, Colony Collapse Disorder, Richard Trumka, Bees, West Virginia, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The owner...

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Lucia Graves

'Citizen Scientists' To Help Gauge Wild Bee Population

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Sunflower, Pesticides, Colony Collapse Disorder, Bee Count, Bee, Pollinators, Climate Change, Honeybees, Bee Population, San Francisco, Green News

Scientist Gretchen LeBuhn is trying to save the nation's wild bee population. But to achieve her goal, she's resorting to some unconventional means, n...

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ReThink Interview: Taggart Siegel & Jon Betz, Makers of Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Jon Betz, Bees, Monoculture, Pollination, Rethink Interview, Colony Collapse Disorder, Rethink Reviews, Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling US?, Honeybees, Jonathan Kim, Taggart Siegel, Green News
Jonathan Kim

Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? looks at possible causes of colony collapse disorder as well as the millennia-old relationship between bees and humans that had been so mutually beneficial for so long.

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Vanishing Bees Directors Chats Live

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Dave Mendes, Bees, Live Q&A, Ccd, David Hackenberg, Colony Collapse Disorder, Maryan Henein, Documentary, George Langworthy, Beechat, Livechat, Video, Green News

The sudden death of bees across the world from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has confounded scientists and bee keepers across the world. The movie Va...

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WATCH: Do Cell Phones Kill Bees?

AOL Weird News | David Moye | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Daily Mail Inaccuracy, Dwindling Bee Population, Cell Phone Radiation, Video, Bees, Cell Phone Frequencies Bug Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, Weird Science, Bee, Bumble Bees, Cell Phones Kill Bees, Debunking Cell Phone Bee Deaths, Weird News News

The Internet is all abuzz about a reported new study suggesting cell phones cause the world's suddenly dwindling population of bees. Now the British ...

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Proposal To Tax Beekeepers Stirs Up Swarm

AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: California Apiary Research Commission, California Beekeeper Tax, Bees, Beekeeping, Colony Collapse Disorder, California Beekeepers, Beekeepers, Agriculture, Beekeeper Tax, Bee Die Off, American Beekeeping Foundation, Usda, Food News

FRESNO, Calif. -- A California proposal to tax beekeepers to pay for research on bees' health has stirred up a swarm, even though all agree more study...

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Green News Report: January 27, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donuts, Co2, House of Representatives, Fracking, Australia, Gasland, Epa, Agriculture, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Denial, Cancer, Usda, Coal Mining, Solar Power, State of the Union, Global Warming, Clean Energy Jobs, Wisconsin, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Pennsylvania, Colombia, Sustainability, Food, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Pesticides, Cap and Trade, Climate Skeptics, Regulation, Biotech, Green News Report, The Oscars, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Drought, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Fossil Fuels, Sotu, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Newt Gingrich, Bp, Interior Department, Bees, Texas, Subsidies, Tceq, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Sarah Palin, Green News, Oil, Fox News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: From the ...

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Green News Report: January 25, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Bees, Oil, Natural Gas, Wind Power, Co2, Cap and Trade, Pesticides, House of Representatives, Fracking, Australia, Gasland, Epa, Agriculture, Regulation, The Oscars, Green News Report, Biotech, Coal, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Drought, Rising Sea Level, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Mountaintop Removal, Fossil Fuels, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Usda, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Interior Department, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Texas, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Superfund, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Cells, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Fox News, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Getting "Gas"-y at the Oscars; Freakin' Frackin'; Natural disasters are expensive; Catastrophic flooding, drought around the world.

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Green News Report: January 20, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Fracking, Australia, Hu Jintao, Agriculture, Epa, Pregnancy, Managed Retreat, Coal, Colorado, Offshore Drilling, Parking, Marcellus Shale, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Denial, Usda, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Bpa, California, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Algae, Food, Sustainability, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Pesticides, Ddt, Regulation, Green News Report, Biotech, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Drought, Apple Computers, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Colony Collapse Disorder, Gop, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Interior Department, Massey Energy, Bees, European Union, Subsidies, Evergreen Solar, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Colorado River, Carbon Trading, Green News, Oil, Fox News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Fox "News...

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Zen and the Art of Beekeeping Backwards: LA's Urban Beekeeping Movement

Kaitlin Keleher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beekeeping Los Angeles, Urban Beekeeping, Ccd, Eagle Rock, Colony Collapse Disorder, Los Angeles News
Kaitlin Keleher

In Los Angeles, urban beekeeping remains de facto illegal. But despite this outlaw status, the urban beekeeping movement has been gathering momentum and members.

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Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Urban Beekeeping, Bees, Beekeeping, Colony Collapse Disorder, Beekeepers Association, Honey Bees, Ccd, Farming, Clothianidin, Organic, Green News
Annie Spiegelman

Beekeepers and environmentalists today called on EPA to remove the pesticide Clothianidin, citing a leaked EPA memo that discloses a critically flawed scientific support study.

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Neonictinoids -- Destroying the Web of Life

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Bees, Insecticides, Dr. Reese Halter, Neem, Mad Bee Disease, Bumblebees, Drought, Dr Rachel Carson, Colony Collapse Disorder, Neonictinoids, Silent Spring, Honeybees, Global Warming, Insecticides Bees, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

Each year, our global biosphere endures an onslaught of 5 billion pounds of insecticides. These insecticides have caused a dramatic decline for many common grassland bird species.

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Green News Report: October 7, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Design, United Kingdom, West Virginia, Epa, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, China, Federal Trade Commission, Coal, European Central Bank, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Greenwashing, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Joe Manchin, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Hungary, Global Warming, Bp, Bees, Environmentalists, Biofuels, Biogas, Corn, Clean Air Act, Appalachia, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, Honeybees, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Unfccc, Ftc, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hungarian ...

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WATCH: 2 New Suspects Identified In Mystery Of Mass Bee Deaths

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bee Fungus, Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Ccd, Ccd, Bee Death, Bee Mystery, Colony Collapse Disorder 2010, Bee Colony Collapse 2010, Insect Iridescent Virus, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Nosema Ceranae, Colony Collapse Disorder, Nature, Robert Cramer, Bee Virus, Colony Collapse Disorder Causes, Bee Disease, Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers have a pair of new suspects in the mysterious collapse of honey bee colonies across the country. The widespread d...

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New Breed Of 'Grooming' Honeybees Could Save Species

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saving Bees, Bee Decline, Ron Hoskins, Bees Ron Hoskins, Honeybee Grooming, Colony Collapse Disorder, Varroa Mite, Nature, Grooming Honeybee, Ron Hoskins Bees, Animals, Saving Bee Population, Swindon Honeybee, Green News

A British beekeeper has been working on creating a new strain of honeybee resistant to the varroa mite, a prime suspect in colony collapse disorder (C...

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Insect Festival Launches In UK

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bees, Festival, Colony Collapse Disorder, Insect Festival, Pestival, Green News

How Insect Are We? is the title of the symposium that opens Pestival, a three-day festival starting today and running to 6 September to celebrate inse...

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To Bee or Not To Bee

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Honey, Bees, Alternative Income, Colony Collapse Disorder, Craig Kielburger, Honeybee Crisis, Green News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Looking at our counterparts in the developing world, we'll find that traditional methods of sowing fields and raising bees are both eco-friendly and bee-friendly.

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Green or Growth: A False Choice Recycled by the Right

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biomass, Solar, Colony Collapse Disorder, Biodiversity, Environment, Renewable Energy, Wind, Bats, Economic Growth, White Fungus, Honey Bees, Ccd, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

A disturbing trend has developed in which mainstream right-of-center pundits are regressing on issues of environmental protection.

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