sorry moderators I do not have time for a better summary.
A selection of News from Apitrack
UK: Urban beekeeping
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/inverness-abuzz-with-475-000-plan-to-bring-bees-back-to-cities-1.1009923
Innovative bee health additive launched
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0304/1224265557480.html
Beemune was formed as a spin-out company from NUI Maynooth, where a research
team led by Dr Kevin Kavanagh, an expert in insect biology and immunology,
has been developing the product for more than two years. Enterprise Ireland
and the HSE contributed funding to the research.
B.C. apiarists stung by bee deaths
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bc-apiarists-stung-by-bee-deaths/article1488995/
An unprecedented die-off of commercial honeybees on southern Vancouver
Island this winter has left beekeepers in the region scrambling to rebuild
their devastated stocks in time for spring.
Research into the exact causes of colony collapse disorder has generated
much academic debate. In Ontario, biologist Ernesto Guzman at the University
of Guelph studied more than 400 colonies throughout three seasons and found
that varroa mites were associated with more than 85 per cent of colony
deaths. The next most important causes of death, Prof. Guzman said, were
too-sparse beehive populations in fall and insufficient food reserves for
winter. "We're pretty sure we've solved a great deal of the mystery," he
said.
At 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Mr. Reist and a colleague picked up 637 packages of
New Zealand bees at the Seaspan dock in Nanaimo and spent the next eight
hours delivering the live cargo to various apiaries on the south island. Mr.
Reist has another 420 hives on order from Chile, but the shipment's arrival
has been cast in doubt by the recent earthquake. "We're just trying to get
the job done," he said. "We've got a lot of people waiting and we don't know
what's happening with Chile ... When it rains, it pours."
Mystery problem again hits bee colonies
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/05/1848488/mystery-problem-again-hits-bee.html
Los apicultores del alto Aller alertan de la desaparición de miles de abejas
http://www.lne.es/cuencas/2010/03/07/apicultores-alto-aller-alertan-desaparicion-miles-abejas/882847.html
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