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May 21, 2008May 21, 2008

Pollinator diversity, pollination services and landscape change

That’s the title (or part of it) of a guest editorial ((Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Catrin Westphal (2008) The interplay of pollinator diversity, pollination services and landscape change. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(3), 737â€“741 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01483.x)) in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Ecology which introduces a Special Profile entitled “Pollination and Pollinators” (mainly bees, actually). …

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March 28, 2008

Bee colony collapse disorder follow-up

This is important. If you care at all about colony collapse disorder, the way science is done, and the way results are reported, go to Ian Parnell’s What’s Your Ecotype and read his long and detailed report on the latest news concerning Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus, Australian bees and CCD in America. You’ll be glad …

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February 20, 2008February 24, 2008

Nibbles: Honey, seeds, bioprospecting, chocolate

Haagen Dazs understands. No bees = no honey and no fruit. Over-excited about seeds. Jeremy comments, “It’s that time of the year”. South Korea bioprospecting in Costa Rica. A round-up of recent (bad) news on the chocolate front. Namibia: no country for vegetarians.

December 11, 2007December 10, 2007

Colony Collapse Disorder: who knows?

Maybe ours was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but beekeeper Felicia Gilljam has now blogged her thoughts on Colony Collapse Disorder. Being scientifically cautious, I suspect, there’s a disclaimer: “Because Iâ€™m a beekeeper, apparently my opinion is considered ‘expert’.” More expert than many another commenter, I reckon. I’ll let you read it over …

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December 6, 2007December 6, 2007

Tangled bank

Tangled Bank 94 is up at Life before Death, full of biological diversity and goodness. Best part about it? The host is a bee-keeper! (I think I may have apiarist-envy.) She hasn’t actually posted on bees since 28 September, but it is winter so there can’t be all that much to write. I would love …

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