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Swarming honey bees wreak havoc on Stockholm streets

Like a scene from a horror movie, thousands of honey bees descended on downtown Stockholm on Friday the 13th, creating panic among people in the area. Some experts are blaming the incident on unskilled beekeepers.

In the Media by Martin Laine - 1 comment

Infected bees 'self-medicate' with anti-fungal pollen

Entomologists studying the behavior of bees have noted that honey bees seem to know when a hive is infected with fungi and they know which plant resins are able to treat the disease, and at times of threat the bees work hard to protect the hive.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 3 comments

Study: New bee viruses found; normal colonies also infected

During a ten-month study of healthy honey bees, scientists identified four new viruses and established a baseline for studying bee colony collapse, revealing that all the bacteria and viruses previously linked to the disorder also live in normal colonies.

In the Media by Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins - 1 comment

Op-Ed: The end is nigh, you better believe it

Washington - FamilyRadio, an American-based Christian radio station, has predicted the world will end May 21, 2011. This article argues their chronology is wrong, but probably by less than a hundred years.

In the Media by Alexander Baron

Report: World bee decline signals ‘sixth major extinction’

Geneva - A new report on honey bee and pollinator decline indicates a “sixth major extinction” of biological diversity is currently underway, caused by habitat loss, pollution, pest invasion, and disease, leading to ecosystem havoc vital to human livelihood.

In the Media by Lynn Herrmann - 3 comments

Killer honey bees cause elderly Georgia man's death

Albany - The Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner has issued a statement confirming the death of a 73-year-old Doughtery County man, who was operating construction equipment, was the result of an attack by a swarm of Africanized 'killer honey bees.'

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman

Vanishing Bees May Mean Still Higher Food Prices

If the attempts to find out why the honey bees have disappear fail it is possible that rising food prices will climb higher still.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 13 comments

Transport Truck Carrying 12 Million Honeybees Overturns in New Brunswick

A transport truck carrying bee hives that contained approximately 12 million honey bees overturned on the Trans-Canada Highway in Northern New Brunswick.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 4 comments

Bees Not Getting Stronger, More Hive Deaths Reported

A survey of the health of honey bees released on Tuesday revealed how the insect's numbers dwindled and crops were in danger in the past year.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

Honey Bees Improve Internet Server Efficiency

Let nature be your inspiration is the guiding phrase when it comes to the work of two researchers who studied the honey bee dance in order to improve the efficiency of Internet servers.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 6 comments

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Africanized honey bees, known colloquially as "killer bees," are hybrids of the African honey bee with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee.

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