In this section you will the very latest links to topical Bee matters that our secretary gets sent and which he harvests via Google Alerts:
- Alarming link between fungicides and bee declines revealed
29-Dec-2017 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/29/alarming-link-between-fungicides-and-bee-declines-revealed - Are Bees Losing Their Buzz?
26-Dec-2017 – Environmental Technology
https://www.envirotech-online.com/news/environmental-laboratory/7/breaking-news/are-bees-losing-their-buzz/44586 - Buzz off: hive thieves cashing in on thriving beekeeping market
26-Dec-2017 – The Guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/26/buzz-off-hive-thieves-cashing-in-on-thriving-beekeeping-market - In South Africa, bees stop elephants from trampling trees
24-Dec-17 – Phys.Org
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-south-africa-bees-elephants-trampling.html - Bees use invisible heat patterns to choose flowers
21-Dec-17 – Brinkwire
http://en.brinkwire.com/33295/bees-use-invisible-heat-patterns-to-choose-flowers/ - Neonicotinoids at 'chronic levels' in UK rivers, study finds
14-Dec-18 – BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42354947 - Radar tracking reveals how bees develop a route between flowers
11-Dec-17 – Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-radar-tracking-reveals-bees-route.html - Stingless Bee Farmers Advised to Use Nanotechnology to Increase Production
12-Dec-17 – TheSunDaily
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/12/10/stingless-bee-farmers-advised-use-nanotechnology-increase-production - List of Problems of Commercial Beekeeping in India
08-Dec-17 - Agricultural Tips
http://agriculturaltips.com/list-commercial-beekeeping-problems-india/ - New discovery, more bees mark Michigan's first, full bee census
07-Dec-17 – Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-discovery-bees-michigan-full-bee.html
Australia stung by N. Zealand bid to trademark manuka honey
06-Dec-17 – Yahoo News
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/australia-stung-n-zealand-bid-trademark-manuka-honey-035736581.html - Global Bees Wax Market 2017
06-Dec-17 – ApertureGames
http://aperturegames.com/14864/global-bees-wax-market-2017-2022/ - Bees and the Asian Hornet threat
01-Dec-17 – A post on the GardnersWorld website
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/wildlife-gardening/bees-and-the-asian-hornet-threat/1008632.html - Welsh scientists launch ‘antibacterial’ honey beer
29-Nov-17 – The Drinks Business
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/11/welsh-scientists-launch-antibacterial-honey-beer/ - Honey bees fill ‘saddlebags’ with pollen. Here’s how they keep them gripped tight
27-Nov-17 – ScienceMag
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/honey-bees-fill-saddlebags-pollen-here-s-how-they-keep-them-gripped-tight?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=beebag-16584 - Ugandan Man Returns Items He Stole After Native Doctor Sent Bees After Him (Graphic Pic, Video)
Maybe we could adopt this tactic in The High Weald ! - Boom9ja
https://boom9ja.com/2017/11/28/ugandan-man-returns-items-he-stole-after-native-doctor-sent-bees-after-him-graphic-pic-video/ - Bugs survive the winter through a trick straight out of science fiction
27-Nov-17 – Business Insider UK
http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-insects-survive-the-winter-2017-11 - French court suspends two Dow pesticides over potential harm to bees
24-Nov-17 – Reuters
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-france-pesticides/french-court-suspends-two-dow-pesticides-over-potential-harm-to-bees-idUKKBN1DO1M9 - RHS considering future of Perfect for Pollinators
24-Nov-17 – HorticultureWeek
https://www.hortweek.com/rhs-considering-future-perfect-pollinators/article/1451080 - Bee-friendly insecticides closer to reality after breakthrough development
23-Nov-17 – The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/insecticides-bee-friendly-not-hurt-crops-plants-development-a8072421.html - Reviving The Econony Through Bee Keeping: The Value Of Bees To Human Life
19-Nov-17 – News of the South
http://newsofthesouth.com/reviving-the-econony-through-bee-keeping-the-value-of-bees-to-human-life/ - How do garden centres and growers deal with anti-neonicotinoid lobbying?
16-Nov-17 Horticulture Week
https://www.hortweek.com/garden-centres-growers-deal-anti-neonicotinoid-lobbying/retail/article/1450315 - Genomic study explores evolution of gentle 'killer bees' in Puerto Rico
16-Nov-17 – Phys.Org
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-genomic-explores-evolution-gentle-killer.html - Neonicotinoid pesticides: EFSA to update risk assessment to bees early next year
15-Nov-17 – Food Ingredients First
http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/neonicotinoid-pesticides-efsa-to-update-risk-assessment-to-bees-early-next-year).html - Why ‘laser beam’ farming is the future
15-Nov-17 – The Memo
https://www.thememo.com/2017/11/15/sustainable-farming-tech-faunaphotonics-denmark-food-technology-environment/ - Defra decision on neonicotinoids triggers protest over garden plants
14-Nov-17 – Horticulture Week
https://www.hortweek.com/defra-decision-neonicotinoids-triggers-protest-garden-plants/plant-health/article/1450137 - Buzzing for Gove: your photos of bees
09-Nov-17 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/nov/09/buzzing-for-gove-your-photos-of-bees - UK will back total ban on bee-harming pesticides, Michael Gove reveals
09-Nov-17 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/09/uk-will-back-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides-michael-gove-reveals - ManoMano scraps “toxic” products, as UK backs ban on bee-harming pesticides
09-Nov-17 – DIY Week
http://www.diyweek.net/manomano-scraps-toxic-products-as-uk-backs-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides - The Printworks offer chance to adopt a bee
08-Nov-17 – ITV
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2017-11-08/printworks-offer-chance-to-adopt-a-bee/ - Contrary to popular belief, bees do well in towns and cities, because pesticides are prohibited and a wide range of flowers are available to them
25-Oct-17 – The Connexion
https://www.connexionfrance.com/Practical/Environment/Green-news-and-grower-s-digest-November - 'Steady decline' in honey crop raises concern for honeybees' future
23-Oct-17 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/23/steady-decline-honey-crop-raises-concern-honeybees-future - “Catastrophic” year for French honey, say beekeepers
20-Oct-17 – The Connexion
https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Catastrophic-year-for-French-honey-say-beekeepers - Keepers warn of 'bee-mageddon' after France authorises controversial insecticide
20-Oct-17 – The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/keepers-warn-bee-mageddon-france-authorises-controversial-insecticide/ - Flowers use 'blue halo' optical trick to attract bees, say researchers
18-Oct-17 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/18/flower-nanostructures-optical-trick-attract-bees-pollinators-blue-halo - Oilseed rape crop yields above average despite neonics ban
13-Oct-17 – FarmingUK
https://www.farminguk.com/news/Oilseed-rape-crop-yields-above-average-despite-neonics-ban_47649.html - Luring hornets: Scientists unlock sex pheromone of notorious honey bee predator
12-Oct-17 – Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-luring-hornets-scientists-sex-pheromone.html - Three quarters of world’s honey contaminated with bee-killing chemical
05-Oct-17 – NewFoodMagazine
https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/news/44817/three-quarters-global-honey-contaminated-bee-killing-chemical/
and - Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent
05-Oct-17 – NewScientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149597-neonicotinoid-pesticides-found-in-honey-from-every-continent/
Peter Halford – the.hwbka+secretary@gmail.com