Archives – September, 2015
From: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A plan to map bee activity and protect South Australian pollination rates from climate change and varroa mites has been given a $600,000 boost with the launch of a new program in South Australia.
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University research associate Doctor Katja Hogendoorn said climate change and habitat loss were the biggest threat to Australian bees.
She said the parasitic varroa mite, while not yet in Australia, had decimated bee populations around the world.
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“That is the main problem at the moment in the United States, where the bees are dying,” Dr Hogendoorn said.
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September 8, 2015
EPA’s Action Initiation List (AIL) is a list of agency actions “that 1) will appear in our upcoming Semiannual Regulatory Agenda and 2) have been approved for commencement by EPA’s Regulatory Policy Officer.” The following is from the September 1st, 2015 update to the agency’s current AIL,
Title: Data Requirements for Non-target Insect Pollinators
Projected Publication Date: 12 months or less
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September 4, 2015
From: Herald-Review
H&R Staff Report
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There was a buzz inside the Natural Conservation Service tent that had nothing to do with the booths or panels. Instead, a live beehive display drew people to the Illinois State Beekeepers Association table.
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“The biggest question we get is ‘how are the bees doing?’” Mason said. And despite concerns of die-offs due to chemical exposure, they’re doing better than most people think.
“Our biggest problem is the varroa mite,” Mason said.
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September 2, 2015
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