Beekeeping News (5/14/08 - 10:43AM) - New South Island Controlled Area for varroa mite (Scoop.co.nz)
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has established a new South Island Controlled Area to protect beekeeping operations in the West Coast, Canterbury and areas further south, from varroa which was found at St Arnaud, outside the previous South Island Controlled Area, three weeks’ ago. (5/13/08) - German Beehives Hit by Mass Die-Off (BusinessWeek)
Beekeepers are pointing the finger at a Bayer CropScience pesticide marketed under the name Poncho, but government tests aren't conclusive (5/13/08) - Colony collapse disorder causes concern (Southwest Iowa News)
Staff Photo/Lindsay Blake - Bees play a vital role in the pollination process and are found on every continent except Antarctica. "I'm squashin' up a baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me ..." (5/13/08) - Oceanport strawberry fair is a summer staple (Asbury Park Press)
It began more than 40 years ago — as a charmingly nostalgic way to spend a warm summer eve — eating strawberry shortcake and listening to accordion music at the local school. (5/13/08) - Varroa bee mite control area extended (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The controlled area in the South Island to slow the spread of varroa mites between beehives has been expanded into Westland, Marlborough and Canterbury. (5/13/08) - Glynwood Center in Cold Spring holds its spring open house (The Journal News)
COLD SPRING - There was sheep shearing and wool spinning, a horse-drawn plow in the vegetable patch and a lecture on beekeeping near the apple orchard where the trees were in full bloom. (5/11/08) - Colony collapse disorder causes concern (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)
Staff Photo/Lindsay Blake - In April, Sens. Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus, along with 51 of their colleagues, sent a letter to the Department of Agriculture asking about further efforts to identify the cause and remedy for the “colony collapse disorder” that has started wiping out the bee population in the United States. (5/13/08) - Bee stocks continue to fall due to weather, mites (Vancouver Sun)
The province's beekeepers are reporting a 30-per-cent loss of their winter hive stocks and the rate is expected to increase because of colder-than-normal temperatures this year, Paul van Westendorp, provincial apiculturist for the Ministry of Agriculture, said Monday. (5/13/08) - Beekeeping in dangerous times (Littleton Independent)
Rare diseases heighten risk of beekeeping, but for Littleton farmer, it's all in a day's work. (5/8/08) - Seeking bee-livable solutions (Watauga Democrat)
With Colony Collapse Disorder and mites causing concern for beekeepers and farmers, local apiarists are sweetening the pot by lowering pesticide use and adding native plants. (5/12/08)
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