{"id":2737,"date":"2015-11-16T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2015-11-16T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:36:02","slug":"colony-collapse-disorder-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/11\/16\/colony-collapse-disorder-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Colony Collapse Disorder, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

To put an exclamation point on the importance of bees<\/a>, NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (31 October 2015, paywall) is now reporting using them for spreading anti-pathogens<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The idea involves placing a tray of organic pesticide powder inside a commercially bred hive. The powder contains a substance to help it stick to bees\u2019 legs and a strain of Clonostachys rosea<\/i> fungus that is harmless to these insects but attacks crop diseases and pests. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfectly natural fungus found very commonly throughout the world. We\u2019ve just developed a way to grow and harvest it efficiently,\u201d says Michael Collinson, CEO of BVT.<\/p>\n

The bumblebees walk through the powder as they leave the hive. When they land on flowers to gather nectar and pollen, they leave a dusting of pesticide to protect the plant and future fruit.<\/p>\n

Many crops can be protected this way, including blueberries and bell peppers. BVT plans to provide its dispensing system to a number of companies that have developed biological controls for other pests such as fireblight, which affects apples and pears. \u201cFarmers usually spray the whole orchard and 99 per cent of it ends up in the wrong place,\u201d says Collinson. \u201cWe can deliver it locally and use 20 grams as opposed to 2 kilograms. It\u2019s much better for the environment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if application only in those areas is effective against all pathogens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To put an exclamation point on the importance of bees, NewScientist (31 October 2015, paywall) is now reporting using them for spreading anti-pathogens: The idea involves placing a tray of organic pesticide powder inside a commercially bred hive. The powder contains a substance to help it stick to bees\u2019 legs \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}