view basket



  

Thanksgiving Specials

Home Shop Farms CSA Forum Events Newsletter Blogs Photos

LocalHarvest in the News :   Bees


Last flight of the honeybee?
guardian.co.uk logo - Jun 3, 2008
Dave Hackenberg's bees have been on the road for four days. To reach the almond orchards of California's Central Valley, they pass through the fertile plains of the Mississippi, huge cattle ranches...

Topics:  Bees   

Does the USDA Even Care About the Bee Crisis?
The Daily Green - May 6, 2008
Awhile back I was contacted by Paul Bedard, a reporter for US News and World Report magazine. He was asking about Colony Collapse Disorder because he was doing a story on it for his magazine.

Topics:  Bees   

Buzz grows over beekeeping
The Boston Globe - May 6, 2008
All morning one cool, drizzly April Sunday, cars pull up to the Reseska Apiaries warehouse in Holliston - one driven by an attorney, one carrying a plumber and a machinist, another a yoga studio owner

Topics:  Bees   

Farm bill complicates plight of honeybees
SFGate - Apr 22, 2008
he hand of nature, usually unseen and unappreciated, is coming down hard on California agriculture. The honeybees that pollinate its $21 billion bounty of almonds, avocados, berries, melons and...

Topics:  Bees   

Report: Bill could bring honeybee disaster
United Press International - Apr 22, 2008
The farm bill being negotiated in the U.S. Congress could speed the extinction of honeybees and other pollinators by encouraging crops in areas now wild.

Topics:  Bees   

"Major disaster" for bees may jeopardize Washington state's crops
Seattle Times - Apr 16, 2008
Last year, many Washington beekeepers were relieved that they avoided a mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder that silenced hives all over the country. But this year, some beekeepers are reporting...

Topics:  Bees   

Some Say Bee Disease Will End in Fire, Some Say in Ice
The Daily Green - Apr 16, 2008
Further investigation into what happens to all those empty beehives after all the bees have died from what is believed to be Colony Collapse Disorder has turned up some interesting answers...

Topics:  Bees   

UCD Bee Specialist Earns Honor
Daily Democrat - Apr 16, 2008
Cooperative Extension honey bee specialist Eric Mussen of UC Davis - widely sought for his expertise on colony collapse disorder or "vanishing bees" - is the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement

Topics:  Bees   

Bees spill makes a honey of a mess on Highway 99 ramp
Sacramento Bee - Mar 20, 2008
Things were really humming on Sunday at Florin Road and Highway 99. A big rig loaded with 440 colonies - hives to the layman - populated by 8 million bees flipped over onto its side...

Topics:  Bees   

Honey Bees Give Clues on Virus Spread
Wired - Feb 29, 2008
Everyone likes a medical mystery -- even more so when the mystery in question is solved. When a few people in Queens developed fevers in 1999, scientists pinpointed an American strain of West Nile...

Topics:  Bees   

Topics
  • Bees
  • Buy Local
  • CSA
  • Environment
  • Fair Trade
  • Farmers Markets
  • Farming
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Global Warming
  • GMOs
  • LocalHarvest
  • Meats
  • Organic
  • Pesticides
  • MORE >>


    home | about us | media & outreach | contact LocalHarvest | privacy

    © 1999-2009 LocalHarvest, Inc.
    Your use of this site constitutes your acceptance of our


    Food/Farm Events
    Nov-2009
    1234567
    891011121314
    15161718192021
    22232425262728
    293012345


    Newsletter Sign Up