Habitats Big buzz about program to turn lawns into pollinator habitatmprnews.org The program hasn't officially started, but Dan Shaw is getting a lot of calls from people wanting to turn lawns into pollinator habitat. What’s called …
Bees A common honey bee disease is spread through flowersphys.org James Cook University scientists have discovered a common honey bee disease can be deadly to native Australian wild bees and can be transmitted by …
Bees Bees and Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Effortsecowatch.com - Earthjustice It's been a particularly terrible summer for bees. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is allowing the bee-killing …
Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Create Bee Friendly Lawnsecowatch.com - Jordan Davidson Minnesota's state budget celebrated pollinators last month by crowning the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee the state bee. And, to protect the …
Pesticides Are Harming Bees in Literally Every Possible WayWIRED - Liza Gross This story originally appeared on Reveal and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment …
World Bee Collapse May Boil Down to a Vicious Mite and an Overlooked IdeaInverse - Peter Hess The drastic decline in global honeybee populations is no secret. The phenomenon has been named “colony collapse syndrome,” and though it’s not clear …
Plants Use Flowers to Hear the Buzz of AnimalsThe Atlantic - Ed YongAnd they react to the buzzing of pollinators by sweetening their nectar. When people pose the old question about whether a tree falling in an empty forest makes a sound, they presuppose that none of the
Solar Farms Shine a Ray of Hope on Bees and Butterfliesscientificamerican.com - Jodi Helmer The tidy rows of gleaming solar panels at Pine Gate Renewables facility in southwestern Oregon originally sat amid the squat grasses of a former …
This high-tech beehive protects honey bees from their mortal enemyDigital Trends - Drew Prindle Bees are an essential part of human civilization. Without them, many of our crops wouldn’t get the pollination they need to grow, and we’d have a …
Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmersThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsUrgent planting of wildflowers will attract pollinators and boost farmers’ food crops, expert to tell UN The collapse in bee populations can be reversed if countries adopt a new farmer-friendly strategy,
Monsanto's global weedkiller harms honeybees, research findsThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorGlyphosate – the most used pesticide ever – damages the good bacteria in honeybee guts, making them more prone to deadly infections The world’s most used weedkiller damages the beneficial bacteria in guts
The bees of America as you've never seen them beforeBBC News - By Michael MarshallMost bees in the Melitta genus live in Africa, Europe and Asia. Melitta melittoides is one of the few that has made it to North America. This one has clumps of pollen (orange) on its hind legs. Acanthopus
The nature of bees and honey is key to plant and human developmentsplendidtable.org - by Francis Lam It may not seem obvious at first, but the pollination prowess of bees affects much of what, how and why we eat. And it goes far beyond honey served …
France bans bee-killing insecticidesRFI The use of neonicotinoids, insecticides that contributed to the decline in the bee population, has been banned in France. The French ban goes further …
Urban beekeeping is harming wild bees, says Cambridge UniversityThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe rise in amateur beekeepers keeping hives on roofs and gardens is contributing to the decline of wild bees, Cambridge University has claimed. Experts at the Department of Zoology said the growth in
