Comments on: Give Bees a Chance http://www.goodlifer.com/2009/04/give-bees-a-chance/ Ideas and insights for a positive, enthusiastic, sustainable, achievable and bright future. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:33:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Good Life - Good all the Way! : All My Faves | Blog http://www.goodlifer.com/2009/04/give-bees-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Good Life - Good all the Way! : All My Faves | Blog Mon, 11 May 2009 22:01:47 +0000 http://www.goodlifer.com/?p=2308#comment-115 [...] daily choices, reconsider assumptions, pose questions and uncover opportunities. Articles such as Give Bees a Chance talk about the importance of bees to our world - some fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, [...] [...] daily choices, reconsider assumptions, pose questions and uncover opportunities. Articles such as Give Bees a Chance talk about the importance of bees to our world – some fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, [...]

]]> By: Johanna Björk http://www.goodlifer.com/2009/04/give-bees-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Johanna Björk Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:45:32 +0000 http://www.goodlifer.com/?p=2308#comment-32 Thanks to everyone that shared links with me, I wanted to post them here to share with all you readers as well. <a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/04/a-cure-for-colony-collapse.ars" rel="nofollow">There have</a> been <a href="http://www.speroforum.com/a/18876/Help-for-disappearing-honey-bees" rel="nofollow">reports</a> of a recent <a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122204880/abstract" rel="nofollow">study</a>, published in the journal <em>Environmental Microbiology Reports</em>, claiming that scientist have isolated a parasite from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder and treated the infection with success. This may not be a perfect solution, but perhaps a step in the right direction. The Entomology Departments at <a href="http://www.rps.psu.edu/probing/bee.html" rel="nofollow">Penn State</a> and <a href="http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/dept/beebio.cfm" rel="nofollow">UC Davis</a> are both doing important research about the possible causes of the dwindling populations honey bee population and Colony Collapse Disorder. It may not seem like a serious issue, but, honey bees pollinate about one third of the US's food crops, without them we are facing serious food shortages in the near future. Thanks to everyone that shared links with me, I wanted to post them here to share with all you readers as well.
There have been reports of a recent study, published in the journal Environmental Microbiology Reports, claiming that scientist have isolated a parasite from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder and treated the infection with success. This may not be a perfect solution, but perhaps a step in the right direction.

The Entomology Departments at Penn State and UC Davis are both doing important research about the possible causes of the dwindling populations honey bee population and Colony Collapse Disorder.

It may not seem like a serious issue, but, honey bees pollinate about one third of the US’s food crops, without them we are facing serious food shortages in the near future.

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