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Utah’s Great Salt Lake may dry up within 5 years
North America’s largest saline lake could be gone by 2028 if water inflows are not restored, researchers warned last week. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has lost nearly three-quarters of its water and 60% of its surface area since 1950, a report from 32 scientists at multiple institutions concludes, and a recent drought has accelerated the losses. To restore the lake, farmers, homeowners, and others
will need to reduce the amount of water they take from feeder streams by 30% to 50%
. If they don’t, the continent could lose a key habitat ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 12, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Insect Experts Say People Should Calm Down About the Threat of ‘Murder Hornets’
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee.
The Asian giant hornets found in Washington state that grabbed headlines this week aren’t big killers of humans, although it does happen on rare occasions. But the world’s largest hornets do decapitate entire hives of honeybees, and that crucial food pollinator is already in big trouble.
Numerous bug experts told The Associated Press that what they call hornet “hype” reminds them of the 1970s public scare when Africanized honeybees, nicknamed &l...
Source: TIME: Science - May 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Seth Borenstein / AP Tags: Uncategorized Environment News Desk wire Source Type: news
Trump's Hiring Freeze Could Imperil Breakthrough Discovery On Bees
Julia Fine was all set for the next chapter. She’d packed her bags and moved out of her apartment, and was days away from making the drive from Pennsylvania to Utah, where she planned to start work as a postdoctoral scholar with the Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research agency.
“I had made all the plans,” said Fine, a bee researcher who recently completed her doctorate in entomology at Pennsylvania State University. “I was supposed to start as soon as possible.”
But on Jan. 23, just three days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration,...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 6, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
More Than 40% of Bee Hives Died in Past Year, Survey Says
(WASHINGTON) — More than two out of five American honeybee colonies died in the past year, and surprisingly the worst die-off was in the summer, according to a federal survey.
Since April 2014, beekeepers lost 42.1 percent of their colonies, the second highest loss rate in nine years, according to an annual survey conducted by a bee partnership that includes the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“What we’re seeing with this bee problem is just a loud signal that there’s some bad things happening with our agro-ecosystems,” said study co-author Keith Delaplane at the University of Georgia. “...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - May 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mallorybusch Tags: Uncategorized animals Bees Environment Source Type: news
'Neonics Not Key Driver of Bee Deaths'--USDA Study May Clash With White House Poised to Restrict Pesticide
Even as a special White House created task force is poised any day now to address concerns over supposedly vanishing honeybees, new research suggests that the very premise of the federal investigation may be misplaced.
Last summer, President Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate conflicting reports that pesticides, and in particular a class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids, were the probable cause of mysterious bee deaths and declining numbers of beehives.
The latest headline on farmers' critical pollinator? The numbers of beehives are actually growing, continuing a multi-year improvement--g...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bee Experts Dismantle Touted 'Harvard' Neonics-Colony Collapse Disorder Study As 'Activist Science'
This study remains the only lab research to date that has evaluated how real world pollen-pesticide blends affect honey bee health.
The researchers found a striking reduction in the risk from Nosema infection when neonics were used, bee health improved. Why would that be? It seems neonics may suppress the parasite associated with the disease. vanEngelsdorp and Pettis are not yet sure this is a real effect; good science requires that results be confirmed in multiple studies. That said, the intriguing but startling finding directly challenges the belief that neonics pose an unusually unique danger to bees.
What is the futu...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Honeybees may be infecting bumblebees with deadly diseases
Bumblebees, which are in global decline, could be picking up the infections from flowers or during raids on honeybee hivesBumblebees appear to be contracting deadly diseases from their domesticated honeybee cousins, according to a study that looked at 26 UK sites. The wild bees probably pick up infections from flowers that have been visited by honeybees.The diseases are economically significant because the wild insects pollinate a large proportion of the world's crops."Wild populations of bumblebees appear to be in significant decline across Europe, North America, South America and also in Asia," said Mark Brown of the Uni...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2014 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Biology World news Infectious diseases Animals UK news Insects Zoology Environment Science Bees Wildlife Source Type: news
