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MOFGApedia Editor on November 19, 2010
A combination of a fungus and a virus that proliferate in cool, damp weather and that affect bee guts may be linked to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Researchers found the virus and fungus in every killed colony they studied.
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Posted by
MOFGApedia Editor on November 19, 2010
I recently returned to beekeeping after a 40-year hiatus. I kept two hives in the early 1970s in southern New England and moved those hives with me when I relocated to northern Maine. The bees caused me little trouble, and all went smoothly until a large bear broke his hibernation fast by dining on both my hives. In several late night visits, he totally trashed my hives, and I took it as a sign that beekeeping was going to be too difficult in Maine.
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Roughly one-third of the world’s crop plants depend on insects for pollination. On Maine farms and homesteads, with their emphasis on fruits and vegetables, pollinators are important for fruit set and crop yield – but environmental problems are reducing pollinator numbers. At the November 2009 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, cosponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and MOFGA, three speakers discussed establishing healthy honeybee colonies using natural and organic apicultural practices.
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This winter, according to
The New York Times, beekeepers in 24 states have noticed that 30 to more than 70% of their bees have vanished, without leaving dead bodies in or around hives.
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The Pfeiffer Center will hold a workshop in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., on April 28 and 29, 2006, for beekeepers. Participants will look at the bee colony as an organism and what it needs in order to further its health and vitality.
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Got a question about honey bees? Now you can send your questions by computer to honey bee experts at the Agricultural Research Service’s Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona.
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