 Bee expert, chemical rep clash over pesticides, January 16, 2010, The Daily Item by Diane Petryk. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania commercial beekeeper, Dave Hackenberg, predicted that honey bees will die in greater numbers this year than ever before and court fights over the chemicals some believe are killing the honey bees will continue to be a cat-and-mouse game. Hackenburg spoke to about 750 beekeepers at the North American Beekeeping Conference held in Orlando, FL, last week. Bayer CropScience intends to appeal the federal ban on the sale spirotetramat, a systemic pesticide, on procedural grounds.- Procedural issues lead to ban of Bayer pesticide, January 1, 2010, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review by Rick Wills. A federal judge, Manhattan U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, has banned the sale of Bayer CropScience pesticide that some commercial beekeepers say is potentially harmful to honey bees. The sale of spirotetramat, known by the trade names Movento and Ultor was made illegal as of January 15, 2010. Bayer has 60 days from the date of the decision to file an appeal.
- Borough bee ban finally overturned, October 15, 2009, Town Journal, Allendale, NJ, by Matt Jackson. Almost three years after Allendale banned beekeeping. New Jersey Beekeepers Association member and Allendale resident Dianne DiBlasi with some help from Team B.E.E.S., succeeded in getting the ban overturned. Kudos to DiBlasi for educating Allendale officials and residents on the importance of the NJ state insect! Click here for a second article. If you're encountering a problem with keeping bees in your NJ town, please contact our state bee inspector, Tim Schuler, tim.schuler@ag.state.nj, for assistance.
- Guttation Drops Killing Honey Bees: Vincenzo Girolami, et. al., "Guttation Toxicity of Seedling From Coated Seeds, Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 102, Number 5, October, 2009. Guttation is a natural plant process where xylem fluid in a plant is excreted at the edge of the plants' leaves. In corn seedlings grown from seeds coated with neonicotinoids (systemic pesticides that are taken up by plants and expressed in nectar and pollen), the concentration of neonicotinoids in the guttation drops was found to be near those of the active ingredients in field sprays, or higher. Bees drinking these guttation drops died within minutes.
- the edible shore, September 25, 2009, SandPaper, by Bill Barlow. On page 24 of this edition (click on the content icon in the link and you can then click directly on page 24) there is an article in their Edible New Jersey series featuring Jersey Cape (JCBA) branch member Bill Eisele and his main helper, grandson Luke, with pictures of them uncapping and extracting this year's crop. There's an additional picture on page 7 which shows the cutout by JCBA from a press box at a local high school, which Eisele hopes to turn into an observation hive by replacing the side in a deep super with plexiglass.
- Advanced Beekeeping Course Offered for the First Time. June 11, 2009. Department of Agriculture. Upper Deerfield, NJ. New Jersey beekeepers recently attended a beyond-the-basics course given by NJ State Apiarist Tim Schuler and Bob Hughes, a sideliner beekeeper and former president of the NJBA. According to Schuler, the hope is to develop beekeepers in the state who will advance beyond hobbyist level to the sideliner level to provide pollination services for NJ farmers while making it financially viable for the beekeepers.
- Catching a Swarm of Honeybees! With My Dad May 19, 2009. The daughter of NJBA member James Coppola (Essex County branch) recently filmed him hiving a swarm and uploaded it to You Tube.
- Let's Hear It for the Bees , April 28, 2009, The New York Times, The Wild Side by Olivia Judson, Guest Column by Leon Kreitzman. An interesting article on the circadian rhythms of honey bees
- Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees April, 2009. Scientific American by Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis vanEngelsdorp. "The mysterious ailment called colony collapse disorder has wiped out large numbers of the bees that pollinate a third of our crops. The causes turn out to be surprisingly complex, but solutions are emerging"
- The Buzz on Honey March 10, 2009. Landi Simone, member of Essex County Beekeepers Society and owner of Gooserock Farm, speaks on BlogTalkRadio's radio WD with Woman's Day editor and aspiring beekeeper Annemaire Conte about beekeeping, honey, it's uses and how honey is produced.
- Co-op bans eight pesticides after worldwide beehive collapse January 28, 2009. The British supermarket, Co-op, has banned the use of pesticides in the neonicotinoid family of pesticides, which includes imidacloprid, implicated in the death of honey bees world wide. Co-op has over 70,000 acres under cultivation in England and Scotland, making it the largest farmer in Britain.
- What Would we Do Without Bees? January 16, 2009. NJBA member Diane DiBlasi, adviser to six Allendale High School students and their Team B.E.E.S. (Bergen Environmental Effort to Save Bees) is attempting to get the Borough of Allendale to modify an ordinance that currently prevents honey bees in Allendale so their hive doesn't have to be in a neighboring town. DiBlasi and her students, with the help of NJ Apiarist Tim Schuler, will address the Allendale council again on February 2, 2009.
- Where have all the Bees Gone? October 15, 2008. NJBA member Joseph Lelinho of Hilltop Honey, provided guidance to Rand (the environmental magnet school in the Montclair (Essex County), NJ school district) on the proposal for their project "People and Pollinators: A Partnership to Protect". Environmental Studies subject leader Susan Bartol was awarded a grant by PSE&G to fund the project.
- The buzz about honeybees,by Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer, Examiner. Our own Angelo Trapani, a member of the Central Jersey branch and editor of our state newsletter, is featured in this article which was published in July, 2008. A very nice piece on Angelo and Anna Trapani and their sideliner operation, Trapper's Honey.
- The Honey Bee Puzzle IPM experts look for ways to keep colonies helathy. The Northeastern IPM Center in a brief article July 2008 states that a correlation has been found by Pennsylvania State University's Nancy Ostiguy between viral infection and queen replacement.
- Emergency Symposium on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) Genetic Analyses Reveal New Insights, and Questions, December 13, 2007, thedailygreen.com, by Kim Flottum. Three hundred attended the symposium at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Entomology Society of America in San Diego, CA.
- "Silence of the Bees" Sunday, October 28, 2007, PBS 8 PM EST, (Channel 13 in the NY metrolpolitan area) an in-depth look at the search to uncover what is killing the honey bee. Click here, for more information.
- As bees go missing, a $9.3B crisis lurks Fortune Magazine, by David Stipp, August 28, 2007. The mysterious disappearance of millions of bees is fueling fears of an agricultural disaster.
- Stung by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, August 6, 2007. A good overview of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) by a writer who started caring for a hive as a result of her research. States that a scientific article by Columbia University's Dr. Ian Lipkin has been submitted for publication, and as a result of his research, a single pathogen is implicated as the cause of CCD.
- Boxer's push to protect honeybees They are essential to state crops but are disappearing. San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2007, by Edward Espstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau.
- Bees Vanish, and Scientists Race for Reasons New York Times, April 24, 2007, by Alexei Barrionuevo. Researchers say definitive answers for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) could be months away.
- Senator Clinton Calls on USDA to Respond to Widespread Concerns Over Nationwdie Honeybee Decline All American Patriots.com, Friday, April 20, 2007. Source: Senator Hilary Clinton.
- The mysterious deaths of the honeybees CNN, Amy Sahba, March 29, 2007. Honeybee colony collapse drives price of honey higher and threatens fruit and vegetable production.
- CCD FAQ and Tentative Recommendations The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC), March 8-9, 2007. A regional effort to address the pest management crisis facing the beekeeping industry in the mid-atlantic region, MAAREC has published CCD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) and Tentative Recommendations for Hives Experiencing CCD on their website.
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