Two years ago the UK government funded a project to train bees to detect trace vapours of drugs and explosives. Under the government contract, Inscentinel, a spin-out of Rothamsted Research, developed a portable handheld sensor known as the VASOR136 (volatile…
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TED talk: Why bees are are disappearing – Marla Spivak
TED conferences bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives. Marla Spivak researches bees’ behavior and biology in an effort to preserve this threatened, but ecologically essential, insect. Why bees…
Amazing video of honeybees mating
Watch an amazing video clip of close up of a Queen emerging and honey bees mating. Taken from a new documentary “More than Honey” by director and producer MARKUS IMHOOF. Theres a review on Scientific American.
Bees and Pesticides
Theres been a vote to restrict the use of 3 pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam) for a period of 2 years. Full details at the European Commission website Ireland abstain in vote: The journal article
