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Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
(Phys.org) —A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies around the world. The team outlines their research and findings in a paper they’ve had published… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Tracking whole colonies shows ants make career moves: Nature News – Comment
Comprehensive tagging reveals workers switch tasks as they age. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Soaring Bee Deaths in 2012 Sound Alarm on Malady
A mysterious ailment appears to have expanded drastically in the past year, wiping out as many as half of the hives needed to pollinate much of America’s produce. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Shorter-winged swallows evolve around highways – Life
San Diego restricts beach use after seal abuse
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego’s mayor has ordered a two-month nighttime shutdown of a beach after cameras set up to monitor a seal colony captured people kicking, punching and sitting on top of mother seals and their pups. Original post on sfgate.com Comments on reddit.com
A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees
Suicidal termites use chemical weapons to defend colony – life – 26 July 2012 – New Scientist
When their teeth are too blunt to be of use, ageing termites defend their territory by detonating explosive backpacks Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Home – Mars One
Mars One will establish the first human settlement on Mars in 2023. Mars One invites you to join us in this next giant leap for mankind! Original post on mars-one.com Comments on reddit.com
Ancient map gives clue to fate of ‘Lost Colony’ – Telegraph
A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalising clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from Britain’s Roanoke Island in the late 16th century. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
5 Most Horrible Bugs around the Earth
There are estimated 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 insects on earth at any given moment. For everybody of us, there are 1.5 billion bugs. But some of them are so Original post on oddstuffmagazine.com Comments on digg.com
Forrester: Without Jobs “Apple Will Coast, And Then Decelerate” – Forbes
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY: A picture in remembrance of Steve Jobs, founder and former CEO of Apple Inc is pictured at an Apple Store, on October 6, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) All things considered, Apple had a very successful financial quarter. The [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on digg.com
Monsanto buys leading bee research firm after being implicated in bee colony collapse
Monsanto buys leading bee research firm after being implicated in bee colony collapse Original post on naturalnews.com Comments on reddit.com
World’s largest colony of endangered turtles found off west Africa – Environment – guardian.co.uk
Discovery of up to 40,000 leatherback sea turtles may see species removed from critically endangered list Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Researchers recreate bee collapse with pesticide-laced corn syrup
Scientists with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid. Bee populations have been dying mysteriously throughout North America and Europe since 2006, but the cause behind the decline, known as Colony Collapse Disorder, has eluded scientists. However, coming on the heels of two studies published last week in Science that linked bee declines to neonicotinoid pesticides, of which imidacloprid is one, the new study adds more evidence that the major player behind Colony Collapse Disorder is not disease, or mites, but pesticides that began to be widely used in the 1990s. Original post on mongabay.com Comments on reddit.com