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  1. In NYC beekeepers and #honeybees proliferate... nytimes.com/2012/05/27/nyr… 7:44 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPad
  2. NBC News: More on pesticides and bee deaths.... video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/4… 11:01 AM May 18th via Twuffer
  3. Swarm Of Bees Delays Rockies-Diamondbacks Game: huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/swa… 6:32 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPad
  4. Mother Jones News: 90 Percent of Corn Seeds Are Coated With Bayer's Bee-Decimating Pesticide... bit.ly/KOwPbr 11:01 AM May 17th via Twuffer
  5. Pretty geeky, but to good to read up and understand. Protocol for mite tolerance: bit.ly/KZ4oEl 4:01 PM May 15th via Twuffer
  6. Study on Breeding Disease Resistant #honeybees: bit.ly/KjDrQV 10:01 AM May 15th via Twuffer
  7. One reason I why more often : Old honey bee brood combs are more infested by the mite Varroa than new brood combs: bit.ly/J9940v 3:01 PM May 14th via Twuffer
  8. Comb Honey: What works for me: Use special foundation or a starter strip and place one frame in the middle of your extracting super. 10:01 AM May 14th via Twuffer
  9. Speaking of foundation. Here's a study on small cell foundation to control varroa mites: bit.ly/IRRTdC 3:01 PM May 13th via Twuffer
  10. Urban beekeeping. It’s been described as a surprisingly addictive trend: whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08/thi… 9:27 AM May 13th via Twitter for iPad
  11. Frame Foundation: Usually the discussion is about wax or plastic re frames. An interesting study on embossed or not: bit.ly/wpfzyE 8:01 AM May 13th via Twuffer
  12. 80,000 bees unleashed on neighborhood... Amazing how the press goes crazy over these stories every year: youtube.com/watch?v=lbgGl7… 4:28 AM May 7th via Twitter for iPad
  13. Monsanto, blamed for contributing to the dwindling bee population, has bought up one of the leading bee research firm: bit.ly/HWaivr 10:24 AM Apr 19th via web
  14. Nosema: A treatment of diluted bleach that I've used on old equipment to clear out Nosema spores: bit.ly/IeiFNZ 12:01 PM Apr 13th via Twuffer
  15. Nosema has been causing a lot of problems the last few years. Here's some of the current research in treatments: bit.ly/HucXXw 3:03 PM Apr 12th via Twuffer
  16. Taking Varroa treatment seriously: The most predictive treatments are thymol ,formic & oxalic acid based that don't risk wax contamination. 11:01 AM Apr 12th via Twuffer
  17. Dealing with Varroa. With spring weather finally upon us, now it the time to test and treat for varroa. Are you measuring your mite loads? 3:03 PM Apr 11th via Twuffer
  18. This time of the year everybody gets curious about Russian bees and their resistance to Varroa: 1.usa.gov/InJRfx 10:01 AM Apr 11th via Twuffer
  19. Everybody is interested in the weather. Especially beekeepers. So, I installed a weather station & website last fall: weatherola.com 7:09 AM Apr 10th via web
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