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Pesticide Build-up Could Lead To Poor Honey Bee Health
ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: Penn State)
18 Aug 2008
Image courtesy of Annemarie Mountz
Area: United States
Honey bees industriously bring pollen and nectar to the hive, but along with the bounty comes a wide variety of pesticides, according to Penn State researchers. Add the outside assault to the pesticides already in the waxy structure of the hive, and bee researchers see a problem difficult to evaluate and correct. However, an innovative approach may mitigate at least some beeswax contamination. The researchers present their analysis of pollen, brood, adult bees and wax samples today (Aug 18) at the 236th national American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia. Those results show unprecedented levels of fluvalinate and coumaphos -- pesticides used in the hives to combat varroa mites -- in all comb and foundation wax samples.
Large amount of otter cub deathsWeston Mercury - www.thewestonmercury.co.uk
19 Aug 2008
Image courtesy of BBC
Area: Somerset County, England, UK - Map It
Too many otter cubs have died in the first half of 2008, according to experts at Somerset Wildlife Trust. A major survey by Somerset Otter Group revealed four litters of cubs, which equals 10 in total, were among the 19 found dead in the county this year. Group chairman James Williams said: "Although most otter deaths are the result of traffic accidents, some of the cubs were found away from roads. "Post mortems have revealed signs of lung disease in two of these cases.
MSU buildings to house infectious disease research
MontanasNewsStation.com - www.montanasnewsstation.com
18 Aug 2008
Area: Montana, United States
Nearly 50 people turned out Monday for the dedication of two new Montana State University buildings that will be used for researching infectious diseases that affect livestock, wildlife and humans. The naming ceremony recognized the school's new large animal research center, now called The Johnson Family Livestock Facility and the new infectious research hub, The Jutila Research Laboratory. The laboratory was named in honor of Dr. John Jutila, a former MSU administrator who spoke with the crowd of supporters Monday about how this new state-of-the-art laboratory will help strengthen research practices at MSU. "So the idea here is to create a building, a facility, that functions to protect the environment, essentially from the possible release of a dangerous organism of some kind.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Image courtesy of Bellingen Courier-Sun
- Country Declared 'Bird Flu Free' [Korea]
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