Showing posts with label diseases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diseases. Show all posts

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Bee populations collapsing worldwide

"Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States" 
~ Reuters news story about the research article "Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees"











Colony Collapse Disorder + Bee pathology
Bees + Beekeeping
Also of interest...

    Tuesday, May 25, 2010

    Updated: Crop Protection Compendium













    UW-Madison Libraries subscribe to the Crop Protection Compendium database from CABI, which is now available on their new interface in beta.

    This online multi-media resource can be searched by keyword, or browsed by animals (arachnids, molluscs, nematodes, birds, mammals), bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, plants, protozoa, unknown aetiology, and viruses.  It includes:

    * 2,800+ detailed data sheets on crops, crop pests, diseases, weeds, invasive plants, natural enemies, pesticides and biopesticides

    * Information on an additional 27,000 species, including distribution maps

    * 8,000+ pictures to allow for easy identification and teaching

    * 200,000 article records from the CAB Abstracts database (updated weekly), including 6,500 full-text journal and conference articles

    * 9,000+ term interactive glossary

    Friday, January 30, 2009

    Videos on Diseases with Insect Vectors



    "
    Kill or Cure" is a series of 25-minute films on diseases faced by people living in developing nations, some of which have insect vectors. Subjects include:
    • Malaria (mosquito)
    • River blindness (black fly)
    • Kala Anzar / Visceral Lieshmaniasis (sand fly)
    • Chagas (kissing bug)
    • Dengue fever (mosquito)
    • Encephalitis (mosquito)
    • Trachoma (flies)
    Rockhopper.tv distributes these documentaries, and provides free streaming online access.

    [Photo by James Jordan. License: Creative Commons
    Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/2612506038]