[I have also posted this at Skepchick.]
If you read my Blog, you know that I’ve been commenting lately on Colony Collapse Disorder. CCD is the name that has been given to the latest, and what seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies across the US and some areas of Europe.
Honeybees are [...]
An entomologist I know has written an extensive article on Wikipedia on the topic of Colony Collapse Disorder. Since it’s Saturday, I’m lazy, and it’s a sunny day, I’m going to let him do all the work of explaining this in detail to you, with citations.
I will point out that the author [...]
My sister pointed out this great T-shirt.
I also discovered another blog to read–little red boat. She had a great post about her first visit to a sex shop:
“And then I found one box tucked away at the back. ‘Mini Vibrator on a Keyring’ it said.
Not only a mini vibrator, which is fine, obv, but [...]
I had an “Overheard on Campus” moment today, when two students were discussing their profs at the local coffee house:
Chick: “I have a straight white guy, a white lesbian, and a chicano gay man as professors.”
Dude: “I just have all straight white guys. No–Wait! One of them is a lesbian.”
I really, really wanted to ask [...]
A press release just announced a possible candidate for the Colony Collapse problem!
“ECBC scientists last week isolated the presence of viral and parasitic pathogens that may be contributing to the honeybee loss. Confirmation testing was conducted over the weekend by scientists at the University of California San Francisco. ECBC scientists presented the results of their [...]
I just got a ransom note….perhaps this explains the mystery bee disappearance?
Holy Honey, Batman! I was linked to by Cnet! A bunch of people are visiting and wanting more information about bees, so here is a brief summary.
Are honeybees alien invaders?
Yes, they are! The bees most often seen in hive culture were brought over by European immigrants. There is a nice summary of American beekeeping history [...]
The NY times has an excellent article about the bee colony die offs, which covers in detail the research ongoing in the US. It’s amazing the amount of wacky ideas that have surfaced to account for this:
“As with any great mystery, a number of theories have been posed, and many seem to researchers to be [...]
The NY Times has a demographic summary of how the 81 people killed by guns daily in the US died–homicide, suicide, or accident/police action.
This way of presenting the data shows a truly alarming suicide rate, which supports my earlier comments about the availability of mental health in the US.
Sigh.
And since you’re [...]
I thought I would link to these, since I do have the odd* teacher coming by–
The Ecological Society of American Issues in Ecology Series
These are also available in Spanish and Chinese.
*Wait, I don’t mean that you’re odd, but that the visits are unusual. No, that’s still not right. Well, don’t take it personally, [...]
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