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Bee colonies helped by mild winter in England, survey shows
2014-06-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: English honey bees benefitted from this years mild winter and improved colony survival rate, but experts noted that the loss is still too high. Winter survey by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) revealed that honey bee colony losses were one in ten compared to losses of more than one in three over the winter of 2012-2013, with improvement shown in all regions across England. However, the association said that an average of 9.6 colonies in every 100 being lost between 1 October 2013...
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Australia: Heatwave devastates flying fox colonies
2014-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Dead flying foxes have been falling from the sky in droves because of the heatwave sweeping south-east Queensland. Hundreds of thousands of the large bats may have died as temperatures soared to 43 degrees over the weekend, Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland (BCRQ) says. In Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, more than 1000 dead flying foxes had to be cleared from a single park on Saturday. The council has been issuing gloves and wheelie bins to residents and started daily rubbish collections...
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Third of all honeybee colonies in England did not survive winter
2013-06-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than a third of all honeybee colonies in England died over the winter, according to figures from the British Beekeepers Association, the worst losses since its winter survival survey began. On average, 33.8 colonies in every 100 perished over the long winter of 2012-13 compared with 16.2% the previous winter. In the south-west of England, more than half of all colonies were wiped out and in the northern part of the country 46.4% didn't survive. In Scotland and Wales, honeybees fared no...
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Britain's wettest summer for 100 years sees a third of bee colonies perish
2013-06-13 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A third of Britain's honeybee colonies perished in the winter following the wettest summer in 100 years last year, according to a new survey. The losses were more than double last year's toll, with 34 per cent of colonies failing to make it through the winter, compared to 16 per cent the previous year, according to the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA). The results reflect the poor weather last summer, as the rain frequently prevented honeybees from foraging and gathering pollen. The cool...
Spy-camera robot penguins infiltrate bird colonies
2013-02-12 19:04:51| CNET News.com
A BBC documentary team unleashed 50 spycams into penguin colonies, including cameras that served as eyes for robotic penguins, to capture stunning close-up footage of the unusual birds. [Read more]
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