Central Beekeepers Alliance

Bees and Agricultural Collapse Disorder: Mark Winston

Honey bees are in the mainstream news again, in Saturday’s issue of The Globe and Mail, with Is the bee virus bunk? — science writer Andrew Nikiforuk’s report on Mark Winston and the state of beekeeping. BIOLOGY: HOW AGRICULTURE IS PUTTING POLLINATORS IN DANGER: Is the bee virus bunk? Last year, after three decades among [...]

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IAPV Bee Virus Apparently Not From Australia

Yanping Chen and Jay D. Evans of the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory have been screening many older (pre-CCD, pre-Australian import) honey bees, and were surprised by the results. It became apparent through their work that Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) is not new to North America. Abstract: High bee colony losses in the United States [...]

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Southern New England Beekeepers 2007 Assembly

The Southern New England Beekeepers Assembly (SNEBA 007) will take place on 17 November 2007 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. SNEBA 2007 Saturday, 17 November 2007 8:30am – 5:00pm Unitarian Society of New Haven 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, Connecticut 06517 The theme for the meeting will be Colony Health. A full day’s program has been planned, [...]

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