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1 hr ago | SFGate

Honeybees trained to find land mines

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 photo, a scientist inspects bees during a scientific experiment at the Faculty of Agriculture at Zagreb University.

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Related Topix: Science, Europe, World News, Croatia, Agriculture, Entomology

7 hrs ago | Post-Tribune

Going back to back, CP teen tackles geography, spelling bees

Ives, 13, received a globe from his grandparents when he was a first-grader studying in Kosice, Slovakia, where father Rob Ives worked as a manager at a U.S. Steel plant.

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Related Topix: Science, World News, Slovakia, Porter County, IN, Serbia,

12 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Croatia, Entomology,

Sat May 18, 2013

LongmontFYI

Boulder County bees slow to swarm this spring

Bee swarm hotline: If you find yourself with an unwanted swarm of bees on your property -- they usually cluster in the size of a football -- you can have the swarm safely removed by calling the Bee Swarm Hotline at 720-443-2331. Read the U.S. Department of Agriculture's May 7 report on Colony Collapse Disorder: http://1.usa.gov/uUL8 Longmont's Tony ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science, Boulder County, CO, Agriculture, Longmont, CO

O-R Online

Bees make their way from Georgia to homes throughout the area

Mark Bedillion, right, loads a box of bees into the truck of Paul Medenciy of Greene County during “Bee Pickup Day” at Bedillion Honey Farm in Hickory.

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Related Topix: Science, Greene County, PA, Life, Food, Honey, Entomology, Indiana County, PA, Marion Center, PA

News Shopper

Dartford beekeeper Bill Mundy, 91, carried on producing honey as a Japanese POW

HONEY may just seem like something sweet to put on your cereal but one Dartford beekeeper knows how useful it can be in times of war.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Honey, Science

Patch.com

Want to Keep Bees or Chickens in Boston? Now, There are Rules

After more than a year of discussions, the city has published a draft document outlining new rules for urban agriculture in Boston.

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture, Aquaculture

WHIO

Modern Mobile Etiquette: 6 Rules

Smartphones may be smart, but the way we use them is still a little dumb. It's time for a mobile code of ethics.

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Related Topix: Science

Fri May 17, 2013

CBS Local

Minn. Farmer Blames Pesticides For Big Bee Die Off

In 2005, Minnesota was the sixth largest honey producer in the nation. But since 2006, millions of bee colonies have died off in Minnesota and across the nation.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Honey, Science, Agriculture

WNEP-TV Moosic

"Bee Day" in Union County

Quite a "buzz" in Central PA today. People came to Union County from all over the country for honey bees! Today was "Bee Day" at a farm near Lewisburg, where people could buy honey bees in bulk to start their own bee hives.

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Related Topix: Union County, PA, Science, Lewisburg, PA

The Stranger

Some Really Good Food-Related Films at SIFF

SIFF has a dozen or so movies about food, or farming, or fruit, or wine, etc. this year, and of the ones that we were able to screen by press time, we REALLY liked four .

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Agriculture, Science

OregonLive.com

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is all abuzz

Got bees? Managers for the Portland Center for the Performing Arts discovered a hive of about 2,500 honeybees clinging to the building's south outside wall Thursday.

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Related Topix: Science, Oregon

TechEBlog

You Won't Believe What This Guy Found in His Apartment

No, this isn't a computer-generated image, but rather a real room that's filled with bees.

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Hereford Times

Theatre gets busy with a delightful tale

THEATR na nA'g presents We Need Bees, a wonderfully imagined story about Bertie Bee, at The Courtyard on Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26.

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Related Topix: Science

Thu May 16, 2013

NewsTarget.com

Systemic pesticides are penetrating deep into plants tissues,...

Over the last 30 years, the use of pesticides has spiked around the world. People now pour 2.5 million tons of these chemicals into the environment annually, contributing to a $35 billion industry run by global corporations.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Agriculture, Science, Life, Food, Vegetables

ABC15.com

New twist: Spelling Bee adds vocabulary

Not only will Bee competitors be tested on spelling, but they'll also be tested on vocabulary in changes announced Tuesday.

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Related Topix: EW Scripps, Publishing, Media, Science

CBC News

Manitoba beekeepers lose 70% of bees

Pierre Faure, a Manitoba beekeeper, stands next to his remaining beehives after losing millions of bees this year.

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Related Topix: Science, Life, Food, Honey

Common Dreams

The Quiet Disaster: European Bees in Trouble

It is not a fire or an earthquake. It makes no noise, and you can notice it only close-up. I live on a horse farm in Germany, surrounded by fields and orchards, the nearest village a kilometer away.

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Related Topix: Science, Family, Kids, Entomology, US News, Liberal Political News

Plainview Herald

Letter: Vanishing Bees, Vanishing Humankind

The old saying, "Busy as a Bee" comes from the fact that bees pollinate at least 70% of our crops, which is 1 out of 3 bites of food that we eat - encompassing at least 95 varieties of crops.

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture, Old Bethpage, NY, Bethpage, NY, Opinion

The Morning Call

Family Time: Beekeeping demo, Cole circus, Dave Fry concert

Learn about bees and bee-keeping Saturday with 'Sweet as Honey,' the Back to Your Roots program at Burnside Plantation.

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Related Topix: Science, Life, Food, Honey, Bethlehem, PA, Food Festival, Entertainment