Read more honeybees stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4011/honeybees.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:13:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41011/bees-can-count-scientists-claim-up-to-4-that-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoney bees can count up to four, Australian researchers have found, but no higher. In a University of Queensland study, bees repeatedly flew to the same marked spot in a tunnel, even when it did not hold food, Reuters reports. "We find that if you train them to the third...http://www.newser.com/story/41011/bees-can-count-scientists-claim-up-to-4-that-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 10:45:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35883/bayer-knew-pesticide-killed-bees-critics-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German prosecutor is investigating allegations that chemical giant Bayer CropScience knowingly sold a pesticide that kills honeybees, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. The investigation follows complaints from German beekeepers and environmentalists that the company covered up incriminating data on chlothianidine. In the US, meanwhile, an environmental group sued...http://www.newser.com/story/35883/bayer-knew-pesticide-killed-bees-critics-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Aug 2008 20:35:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33795/vegans-to-bee-or-not-to-bee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlthough many vegans view buttered toast and milk as sacrilegious snack fare, a growing “flexitarian” attitude could loosen up the menu to include honey, writes Daniel Engber for Slate. Vegan hardliners argue consumption of the beekeeping byproduct amounts to supporting forced labor, while nectarous proponents counter that such logic is...http://www.newser.com/story/33795/vegans-to-bee-or-not-to-bee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 19:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33764/vanishing-bees-reveal-dangers-of-pesticides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe rapid, mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees demand a closer look at how we use and control pesticides, Al Meyerhoff writes in the Los Angeles Times . A family of toxic chemicals called neonictonoids—led by two Bayer pesticides called Gaucho and Poncho—may be killing off the insects, but...http://www.newser.com/story/33764/vanishing-bees-reveal-dangers-of-pesticides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jul 2008 18:20:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19297/bee-die-off-threatens-dinner-dessert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ongoing mystery of the diminishing honeybee population is threatening an important part of the American diet: ice cream. Bee colonies have been disappearing at a rapid rate, potentially causing problems with supplies of vegetables as well as fruit and nuts, which Haagen Dazs says may keep it from offering...http://www.newser.com/story/19297/bee-die-off-threatens-dinner-dessert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 Feb 2008 21:02:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/7083/virus-causes-buzz-in-bee-caper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees now has a new leading suspect, scientists say: a newcomer to the US called Israeli acute paralysis virus. And as most stricken colonies test positive for the disease, the lead seems promising, the AP reports. The deaths have hit between 50% and 90%...http://www.newser.com/story/7083/virus-causes-buzz-in-bee-caper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Sep 2007 20:48:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/904/modified-corn-could-be-killing-the-bees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGenetically modified corn is the culprit in the disappearance of honeybees, according to a theory offered by a beekeeping expert, says Salon. In a German study, the corn itself, which contains built-in pesticides, didn't kill the bees, but it seems to have damaged their intestines, making them vulnerable to parasites.http://www.newser.com/story/904/modified-corn-could-be-killing-the-bees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Mar 2007 10:57:31 CDT