www.theguardian.com US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause
US Department of Agriculture calls in university to help study decline as Trump administration staff cuts sting
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The focus is primarily on keeping Apis mellifera, but discussion of all bee species, even if they aren't managed by beekeepers, is welcome.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
www.theguardian.com Beekeepers halt honey awards over ‘huge fraud’ in global supply chainWarnings that genuine products are bulked out with cheaper sugar syrup prompt international congress to withdraw prizes
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz Nemeski @lemm.ee 
arstechnica.com The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in USResearchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
www.noemamag.com The Rise Of The Bee Bandits | NOEMAWhere once there was cattle and horse rustling, the American West is now confronting the theft of its bees.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
greenrosechemistry.com How scientists proved that bees can perceive timeDid you know that bees can perceive time? Not even just simply tracking the Sun. Actual time measurements.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz freedomPusher @sopuli.xyz Wi-Fi harms bees. Do people care about this? Should there be counter actions in the EU?
bgr.com Smartphones and Wi-Fi are killing vital insectsAn analysis of over 80 studies shows a direct link between mobile phone and Wi-Fi radiation and declining insect populations. Radiation can affect insects at …
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/7625705
According to the linked article, 72 studies suggest that wi-fi radiation harms/kills #bees -- and by some claims is a threat to their continued existence. I suppose if extinction were really a likely risk there would be widespread outrage and bee conservationists taking actions. It seems there is a lack of chatter about this. This thread also somewhat implies disinterest in even having wi-fi alternatives.
In any case, does anyone think this is a battle worth fighting? Some possible off-the-cuff actions that come to mind:
- ban the sale of wi-fi devices bigger than a phone in Europe¹ if they do not also comply with these conditions:
- include an ethernet port as well. So e.g. macbooks would either have to bring back the ethernet port or nix wi-fi (and obviously Apple wouldn’t nix Wi-Fi).
- have a physical wi-fi toggle switch on the chassis (like Thinkpads have)
- force public li
- ban the sale of wi-fi devices bigger than a phone in Europe¹ if they do not also comply with these conditions:
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz What it’s like to be a bee
press.princeton.edu | Princeton University PressAlien minds are right here, all around you. Indeed, the perceptual world of bees is so distinct from ours, governed by completely different sense organs, and their lives are ruled by such different priorities, that they might be accurately regarded as aliens from inner space.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 'Inert' ingredients in pesticides may be more toxic to bees than scientists thought
theconversation.com ‘Inert’ ingredients in pesticides may be more toxic to bees than scientists thoughtInert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for safety or identified on pesticide labels.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
theconversation.com Honeybees cluster together when it’s cold – but we’ve been completely wrong about whyNew research shows honeybee hive clusters are a sign of desperation, not insulation.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz Pesticides, herbicides and fungicides detected in beeswax | Cornell Chronicle
news.cornell.edu Pesticides detected in beeswax | Cornell ChronicleAn analysis of beeswax in managed honeybee hives in New York finds a wide variety of pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues, exposing current and future generations of bees to long-term toxicity.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz www.straitstimes.com Citizen scientists in Singapore add needed buzz to bee research in AsiaBee records shared by citizen scientists have contributed to a better understanding of species’ conservation status. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
phys.org New centralized pollination portal for better global bee data creates a buzzA powerful new way to fill major gaps in public bee data—including from Africa, Asia and other under-reported zones—has been addressed with a centralized tool for consolidating bee pollinator occurrences around the globe.
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Bees and Beekeeping @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 
www.theguardian.com ‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions
