#ColonyCollapse

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

"We would have to wait until these poor #animals are almost #extinct before we can start protecting them. That's absurd & heartbreaking," said Stephanie Kurose with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Scientists & government agencies say extinctions are accelerating globally because of […]

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Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

Original post on masto.ai

The proposed changes include the elimination of the US Fish & #Wildlife Service's "blanket rule" that automatically protects #animals & #plants when they are classified as threatened. Government agencies instead would have to craft species-specific rules for protections, a potentially lengthy […]

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PixelJones

@pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. Unlike commercial substitutes that lack key nutrients, this supplement mimics natural pollen’s sterol profile, giving bees the equivalent of a balanced diet.

Promising bee news: While science may not save us from all our self-inflicted climate catastrophes here's a possible solution to bee colony collapse.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/2508220...

#Savethebees #beekeeping #colonycollapse

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Amarie

@humanwolf.bsky.social

8 months ago

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#VarroaMites are becoming resistant to 4 leading miticides
#ColonyCollapse
#CanaryInTheCoalMine
#BlueEarth

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Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

8 months ago

Original post on masto.ai

“Bees have a clear economic pathway to justify—in human terms—their value,” Droege said.
Hollis Woodard, an assoc prof focused on native #bees at the University of California at Riverside, said the lab is “essentially irreplaceable.” She uses its data for her work researching native bees nearly […]

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Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

8 months ago

Original post on masto.ai

The lab’s potential closure comes at a tough time for #bees.
Droege studies native bees, the types of #pollinators that only live in the #wild, as opposed to #honeybees, which are farmed & bred for profit. Entomologists stress that honeybees & native bees are different — sort of like farmed […]

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Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

8 months ago

Original post on masto.ai

The #Trump admin’s 2026 budget proposal calls for the defunding of the #bee lab & other federally funded #wildlife #research efforts. Bracing for these #cuts, priorities have shifted for the the lab, which has collected & identified more than 1 million specimens of #pollinators, hundreds of […]

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Nonilex

@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

8 months ago

#GiftArticle

#Bees are collapsing in the #US & A key to their secrets might vanish.
The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under #Trump’s budget.

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ColonyCollapse
https://wapo.st/4n9dpVn

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Tina Casey

@tinamcasey.bsky.social

9 months ago

Tesla CEO Heads Back Home, Leaving A Potential Honeybee Crisis Behind - CleanTechnica Having already trashed the Tesla brand as head of "DOGE," CEO Elon Musk has added a potential honeybee crisis to his list of accomplishments.

No more greenwashing for Tesla...

cleantechnica.com/2025/05/21/t...

#esg #esginvesting #sustainableinvesting #sustainability #foodsystems #foodsupply #honeybees #bees #colonycollapse #agriculture #farming #pollination #pollinators #insects #tesla #elonmusk #doge #federalbudget #greenwashing

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Tom Baker

@thomaslbaker.bsky.social

10 months ago

New pollen-replacing food for honey bees brings new hope for survival The discovery, tested by WSU scientists, could improve bee colony health and potentially help boost crop yields.

New pollen-replacing food for honey bees brings new hope for survival news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

#FeedStock #Bees #ColonyCollapse #Pollen #Agriculture

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Earth.com

@earthdotcom.bsky.social

11 months ago

Science is giving beekeepers a better way to fight colony collapse New test helps beekeepers identify disease-resistant honey bee colonies, offering hope amid rising hive losses across the United States.

Science is giving beekeepers a better way to fight colony collapse: New test helps beekeepers identify disease-resistant honey bee colonies, offering hope amid rising hive losses across the United States

#ColonyCollapse #BeeHealth #Beekeeping #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

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Drew Ponder

@drewponder.bsky.social

11 months ago

#FrequencyWaveTheory #BeeCollapse #FrequencyWave #EMFpollution #SaveTheBees #WaveResonance #ColonyCollapse #VibrationalEcology #NatureFrequencies

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Global Village School

@globalvillageschool.org

1 year ago

They've broadcast 100,000 free packets of native wildflower seeds to collection points all across the state hoping to get as many little hands as possible working to fill their backyards with bee-attracting plants.

#nectary #insectary #pioneerplant #wildbees #neonicotinoids #colonycollapse

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