Build A Beehive

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Helping to spur the growth and furtherance of bee colonies is one of the easiest and reliable means of helping our ecology and our future. This site offers plans for building your own beehives!

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As bees go missing, a $9.3B crisis lurks

By CNN/Fortune Magazine
(Fortune Magazine) -- It's a sweet time for honeybees in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania, and the ones humming around Dennis vanEngelsdorp seem too preoccupied by the blooming knapweed nearby to sting him as he carefully lifts the top off their hive. VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania's state apiarist, spots signs of plenty within: honeycomb stocked with yellow pollen, neat rows of wax hexagons housing larval bees, and a fertile queen churning out eggs.
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Scientists Identify Pathogens That May Be Causing Global Honey-Bee Deaths

By Rose Bowen
Science Daily — Researchers have identified potential culprits behind the wide-spread catastrophic death of honey bees around North America and Europe.
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Virginia’s buzzing about bee disorder prevention

By Va. Farm Bureau

RICHMOND—A silent beehive sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s becoming a familiar occurrence in Virginia.

The lack of buzz is the cruel calling card of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious phenomenon that results in the disappearance of bees from a hive full of honey.