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The Newest Strategy For Saving Bees Is Really, Really Old

March 6, 2016

THE NEWEST STRATEGY FOR SAVING BEES IS REALLY, REALLY OLD With pollinators in decline around the world, conservationists turn to traditional farmers for answers. Photo by budak (Flickr/Creative Commons)  February 15, 2016 — In northwestern India, the Himalaya Mountains rise sharply out of pine and cedar forests. The foothills of the Kullu Valley are blanketed with […]

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Bee battles: why our native pollinators are losing the war

August 27, 2015

As global commerce grows, the movement of goods is occurring at ever-faster rates. And with increased global trade comes the spread of non-native species. This includes invasive insects that are making life difficult for domestic bees. Non-native species get introduced both intentionally and accidentally. However they migrate, though, their spread can lead to devastating results. […]

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Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity.

May 31, 2015

Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity. Among the manifold quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein, are variants along the lines of: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, […]

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Suicide By Pesticide

May 23, 2015

Suicide By Pesticide What the honey bee die-off means for humanity As you are aware, honey bees have been suffering from something called Colony Collapse Disorder. In practice, what this means is that the bees simply vanish from their hives, leaving behind their most precious worldly possessions: honey and larvae. What causes these mysterious vanishing acts […]

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Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity.

May 22, 2015

Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity. Among the manifold quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein, are variants along the lines of: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, […]

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EU Banned Pesticides to Help Bees, But Now Other Bugs Are Invading

January 8, 2015

EU Banned Pesticides to Help Bees, But Now Other Bugs Are Invading The European Union has a bug problem. After regulators in late 2013 banned pesticides called neonicotinoids, linked in some studies to the unintended deaths of bees, farmers across the continent applied older chemicals to which many pests had developed a resistance, allowing them […]

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More bad news for bees: The new “F” word | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation

November 1, 2014

More bad news for bees: The new “F” word | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation. Have you heard of flupyradifurone? Probably not, unless you work for the federal government agency poised to approve this new pesticide for use in Canada. But take note: This new “F” word is bad news for bees. Flupyradifurone is […]

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