Bees

EU To Vote On Honey Bee "Recovery Zones" With Bee-Friendly Flowers

Reuters | Pete Harrison | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green


STRASBOURG, France - Honey bees, whose numbers are falling, must be given flowery "recovery zones" in Europe's farmlands to aid their survival, a lead...

Forget Person Of The Year, Debate The Most Important Species

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green


If you thought the season for debates and voting had ended, think again! Some folks over in the UK -- specifically, the EarthWatch institute -- are de...

New Drug Is The Bees' Knees for America's Bees

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenom...

Checks and Balances

Amy Ephron | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green


Amy Ephron

As global warming increases and the amount of CO2 in the air increases as a result, it turns out, poison ivy and dandelions will thrive.

Are Honeybees Disappearing Forever? "I F**king Hope Not!" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green


Attention Span Media has released a video that takes a humorous look at the disappearing honeybee crisis. The video, Honey Bee Mystery, describes the...

Bees Dying: What Happens To The Economy

The Daily Green | Kim Flottum | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green


People who keep bees commercially keep them to make a living. They take them far and near to fields and farms so the bees can pollinate the crops they...

Warning: This Film May Give You Hives

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment


Kerry Trueman

2008-06-03-Picture5.jpg Basically, the bees are bailing on us. And without their powers of pollination, a wide range of crops, from almonds to zucchinis, could be about to vanish from our lives, along with the bees.

Disappearing Bees Threaten Ice Cream Industry

Guardian | John Sterlicchi | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business


The collapse of US honeybee colonies this year is set to devastate America's multibillion dollar agriculture and food industries. Last year about 750...