Bee Specific
Bee Specific
Forgetful bees can’t find their foodA mixture of chemicals found in modern pesticides may be killing bee colonies around the world, according to a United Nations report. Seeds are being coated in systemic insecticides that spread throughout the plant, from the roots to the flowers and into the nectar and pollen. The reports says that the highly toxic chemicals in the insecticides, collectively known as neonicotinoids, can cause loss of the sense of direction and memory on which bees rely to find food.
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Honey, I'm Home!
Photographer Laurent Geslin has taken some amazing photographs of bees in 20 hives in Cheshire. His work was featured in an article in the Daily Mail in June 2010 which you can read here. Laurent said 'Bees are vital for the balance of the environment and the economy. But tragically scientists are extremely pessimistic about their future because of problems with pesticides, pollution and the radio waves from mobile phones.' You can find more of Laurent's work at http://www.laurent-geslin.com/ Waitrose supports research into the health of the honeybeeThanks to Waitrose, boffins at Sussex University are hoping to secure the long term future of the honeybee by decoding how they dance. The retailer is donating a honey pot of £67,500 which will help fund research into the most ‘bee friendly’ landscapes and the waggle dance - a unique set of movements made by bees which reveal where they are foraging.
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The Vanishing of The BeesThis is a trailer for a movie about the decline of bees in the United States
Clever bees keep a spare queen in a wax cageScientists have found that a family of South American stingless bees keep a 'spare' virgin queen locked away. When the reigning queen bee dies, the new queen is let out. The bees are as small as fruit flies and leave a thin 'window' of wax which they open to feed the 'spare'. If the current queen fails, then they release the imprisoned virgin queen, who then takes over the egg-laying.
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