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COBA Monthly News Magazine

Smoker Signals -- March/April 2012 edition

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News about Bees and Beekeeping Throughout the World


05-11-2011
Hard-hit honeybees can't get a break, 'Colony collapse' cut their numbers in past years; now, the cold, wet weather poses another threat
December 2010 & January 2011
Discussion: Clothianidin, read: Leaked EPA Document Says Bayer's Clothianidin Kills Honey Bees AND USDA Releases 2010 Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Progress Report
01-24-2011
USDA also knew about bee-killing pesticide
01-18-2011
Fresh: Tell the EPA to BAN bee-killing pesticides!
YouTube: Beekeeper Leaks EPA Document
12-26-2010 -
Columbus Dispatch: As more city dwellers swarm to beekeeping, their efforts benefit the environment and the insects

12-22-2010 -
Catch The Buzz: Movement and threat of RNA viruses widespread in pollinator community

12-13-2010 -
Catch The Buzz: More African Honey Bees Found In Georgia

11-29-2010 -
NY Times: The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook


11-15-2010
How many hives did individual COBA Beekeepers keep during 2010? Approximately how often do you inspect your hives? What was your biggest problem in raising bees this year? How much honey (pounds per hive X number of hives) did you take this year?

These and many more fascinating questions were answered by COBA beekeepers at our November meeting. See all the answers and compare your beekeeping experience with theirs. Take a look at the COBA Bee Survey Results [pdf] in a .pdf file format.

11-2-2010

'Talking with Tina'

A radio interview with Dana Stahlman, COBA president, Billy Engle, a Georgian BeeKeeper, and John George, COBA Trustee, OSBA Vice President.

10-20-2010

African Bees


10-15-2010

Colony Collapse Disease


09-2010

OSU Wooster Hit by Tornado


02-10-2009 -
arNQ Eprints and Repository: Honeybees are found to interact with Quantum fields
How could bees of little brain come up with anything as complex as a dance language? The answer could lie not in biology but in six-dimensional math and the bizarre world of quantum mechanics.


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