Honeybee Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 15 May 2014 02:53:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Makes the News Again https://www.greenoptimistic.com/honeybee-colony-collapse-disorder-makes-news-20140514/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/honeybee-colony-collapse-disorder-makes-news-20140514/#comments Wed, 14 May 2014 19:05:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47505 The only reason I can assume we are having this conversation all over again as though we have never had it is because we are brain damaged… According to a new study from Harvard, American honeybees are dying en masse due to exposure to pesticides. Lots and lots of pesticides. The article “Sub-lethal exposure to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/honeybee-colony-collapse-disorder-makes-news-20140514/feed/ 2 47505 Study Finds Diesel Fumes Responsible for Honeybee Decline https://www.greenoptimistic.com/study-finds-diesel-fumes-responsible-honeybee-decline-20131004/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/study-finds-diesel-fumes-responsible-honeybee-decline-20131004/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:54:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42192 Scientists from Britain’s University of Southampton found diesel fumes may be disrupting the honeybees’ ability to recognize certain flowers and pollinate. Not only does this threaten the survival of honeybee populations, but there are also concerns of a possible global food shortage as a result. Guy Poppy, an ecology professor who worked on the study, […]

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