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2 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Promiscuity helps honeybees mix up the gene pool

Such procreative preferences help honeybee colonies survive by bringing more genetic diversity into the mix, according to a new study by entomology researchers at North Carolina State University and other institutions.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Entomology, Science, North Carolina State University, Agriculture, Beltsville, MD

7 hrs ago | Northwest Florida Daily News

Couple distraught after beloved bee hive is destroyed

A Miami Beach couple says they are devastated after a bee hive outside their home that they grew to love over two decades has been destroyed.

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Related Topix: Science, Offbeat

11 hrs ago | NBC2 News

Bees removed from attack victim's home

A Cape Coral woman attacked by bees over the weekend was greeted with another surprise in her front yard Monday morning.

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Related Topix: Science, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL

13 hrs ago | WAFF-TV Huntsville

Agriculture officials on watch for aggressive bees

The first known instance of the more aggressive bees - sometimes called "killer bees"- in Tennessee came last year.

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture

13 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Honeybee swarms plaguing homeowners in North Texas

She's hearing from 100 or more people a day who are frantically calling Little Giant Beekeepers for help in removing swarms of honeybees that are either scouting around for new homes or have taken up permanent residence.

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Related Topix: Texas, Science, Entomology

13 hrs ago | WZTV Top Stories

Nashville man accused of Targeting young girls

No television, no problem! Stream our Newscasts LIVE starting at 9 pm. Stephen Ray Creasy , 44, was under investigation for soliciting minors for sex over the internet via Tagged.com .

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Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Tagged, Startups, Science

16 hrs ago | Inhabitat

Whole Foods Shows Customers the Bleak Future of Produce Without Bees

The decline in bee populations -or colony collapse disorder-has been all the buzz lately, which led Whole Foods Market to team up with the Xerces Society to show us what a world-or at least, produce section-without bees would look like.

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Related Topix: Science, Retail, Whole Foods Market, Grocery, Life, Fruits, Food

17 hrs ago | The Salinas Californian

Hospital joins bees movement

Four stories up -- out on the roof above the doctors, nurses and staff at The Valley Hospital's Luckow Pavilion in Paramus, N.J. -- a new group of employees is busy creating a city out of wax.

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Related Topix: Science, Medicine, Nursing, Paramus, NJ, Life, Food, Honey, Agriculture

21 hrs ago | Blackburn Citizen

East Lancashire gardeners urged to grow bee-friendly plants

PEOPLE have been urged to plant bee-friendly plants and trees after a report revealed the number of the insects in the north had dropped alarmingly.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Agriculture, Home Gardening, Home

Sun Jun 16, 2013

WPTV Local News

Thousands of bees invade Lake Park home

Swarming around the outside of a crack no larger than the size of a flashlight, hundreds of bees could be seen swarming in the backyard of Lake Park home.

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Related Topix: Science, Lake Park, FL

KVAL-TV Eugene

Washington State Univ. starts sperm bank for honeybees

There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees.

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Related Topix: Washington State University, Entomology, Science, Agriculture

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Israeli Scientist: Virus Causing Bees to Disappear

An Israeli scientist says that he has found the answer to a riddle that has plagued scientists for the past several years: Why are bees disappearing? The answer, according to Professor Ilan Sela of Hebrew University is because they are succumbing to a virus.

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture

Castanet.net

Bee swarm surprises Bernard shoppers

A huge swarm of honey bees clung to the trunk of a tree near a building on the corner of Bernard and Richter Avenues late Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Science, Canada, Entomology

Seattle Times

Washington State U starts sperm bank for honeybees

There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees.

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Related Topix: Washington State University, Entomology, Science, Washington

AdelaideNow...

Making a beeline to help Spring Gully

Even though the state's beekeepers represent the largest group of creditors in the company, the $12 million honey industry is strongly backing Spring Gully because it owns Leabrook Farms, the only major honey packer in the state.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Honey, Science

Joannejacobs.com

Arthur the racist, heterosexist aardvark

Children's books with anthropomorphic animals reproduce "racist, colonial, consumerist, heteronormative, and patriarchal norms," according to paper presented at the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, in Victoria, British Columbia, reports the National Post .

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Related Topix: Canada, Family, Kids, Science

Clover Herald

Miami couple saddened after bee hive destroyed

A Miami Beach couple says they are devastated after a bee hive outside their home that they grew to love over two decades has been destroyed.

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Related Topix: Science

Washington Examiner

Swarm of bees captured in Hamilton

A swarm of bees recently caused a bit of a stir on Hamilton's Main Street, until a beekeeper arrived to box them up and take them home.

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Related Topix: Science, Agriculture, Entomology

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Daily Breeze

Beekeeper burned, 2 firefighters stung repeatedly while battling bee hive blaze

A firefighter wearing a bee hood douses hot spots from a half-acre fire in Tujunga on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

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Related Topix: Fire, Tujunga, CA, Media, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Science, Los Angeles, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

Earth Times

Honey Bee Numbers Drop

Traditional honey made from heather or, here, clover has been a staple medicine and food for humans and bees.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Honey, Science, Medicine, Nutrition, Environment