Central Beekeepers Alliance

Update on Suspected Causes of CCD Bee Loss

After a flurry of rumours and postulated theories, scientists have ruled out cell phones and GM crops as the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, and are beginning to zero in on the most likely causes of the disappearing honeybee mystery that has hit American apiculture so hard this past year… This article is distributed by [...]

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Honey Bee on 1927 Italian Coin

This 10-centesimi copper coin, issued in Italy each year from 1919 to 1937, carries the image of a bee on a flower on one side and Vittorio Emanuele III on other side. The bee is Apis Mellifera, the honeybee, although Chris Maund (who picked up the coin at a flea market) tells us that his [...]

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