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Could A Sperm Bank Save Bee Colonies?

Posted 06.13.2013 | Green

From Mother Nature Network's John Platt: Most people who raise bees do it for the honey. Researchers at Washington State University want something ...

Beekeepers Wanted

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 06.10.2013 | Green
Annie Spiegelman

You may have recently heard the buzz about the world's bees disappearing but you're not quite sure what the big deal is all about. "What's up with the bees?" you ask your country bumpkin friends. Oh, you ignorant urbanite! I know your type.

How These Bees Might Save Lives

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC and DARKO BANDIC | Posted 05.20.2013 | Green

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing tr...

Stop Neonicotinoid Pesticides: Protestors to March in London

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

Beekeepers and concerned citizens from across the UK have formed a united front in the 'War Against Nature' to protect bees against a devastating new ...

Wild Pollinators Are Critical to Keeping Our Picnic Baskets Full

Christina Kennedy | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Christina Kennedy

Bees may seem like uninvited guests at your picnic -- but before you shoo them away from the fruit salad, think twice, as they play a critical role in making your picnic possible.

Honeybees to EPA: Where Is Thy Sting?

OnEarth | Posted 06.02.2013 | Green
OnEarth

By Scott Dodd, OnEarth The list of fruits, vegetables, and field crops that rely on honeybees for pollination is truly astonishing: apples, avocados, ...

Christina Wilkie

Pesticide Lobby Spends Millions To Defend Chemicals Tied To Bee Deaths

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The chemical pesticide lobby is waging a multi-million dollar battle to prevent regulation of chemicals linked to the dramatic escalatio...

Why Are Honeybees Dying En Masse?

The New York Times | Posted 03.29.2013 | Green

A mysterious malady that has been killing honeybees en masse for several years appears to have expanded drastically in the last year, commercial beeke...

Bees Have 'Sixth Sense' For Buzzing, Study Suggests

| Posted 03.28.2013 | Science

By Sid Perkins The electric fields that build up on honey bees as they fly, flutter their wings, or rub body parts together may allow the insects to...

How Do Bees Choose Their Queen?

Quora | Posted 05.22.2013 | Science
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Tal Reichert, Hobbyist Beekeeper Normally, a honeybee colony has a single, mature queen in ...

Nature's Golden Elixir: Honey Feels Wrath of Climate Disruption

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

We are running out of time to combat more than 85 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emitted daily: Earth's bees are clearly showing scientists that they cannot conduct their business of pollinating and making honey -- as climate disruption escalates, quickly.

UK Garden Stores Protect Bees: Bees Reciprocate with Innovations

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.07.2013 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

Recently, Britain's biggest gardening chains: Homebase, B&Q and Wickes removed products containing neonictinoid insecticides because of a European Foo...

Meet 92-Year-Old Beekeeper Stan Brown

Sharon Kitchens | Posted 12.11.2012 | Green
Sharon Kitchens

Stan Brown of Cumberland, Maine, is nearly 93 years old, one of America's oldest registered beekeepers.

Corn: New Worries About an Old Favorite

Kelly Dorfman | Posted 11.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Kelly Dorfman

Despite being completely unnatural, hypoallergenic infant formulas are a critically needed feeding alternative for sensitive babies. But several years ago, I started to notice a problem -- and I suspected corn as the culprit.

Bee Time With Rowan Jacobsen

Sharon Kitchens | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Sharon Kitchens

In his book, Jacobsen uses the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder to tell the bigger story of bees and their essential connection to our daily lives. Here's what he had to say regarding honey bees and CCD.

Once Banned as a Dangerous Animal, NYC Bees Now Popular Pet (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.04.2012 | New York
Kirsten Dirksen

Because he lives in a 21-story building and "bees don't like high rises too much" (too windy), Guillermo Fernandez keeps bees in a tiny public garden below Wall Street, next to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

Bee Brain Study Suggests New Way To Treat Dementia In Humans

Posted 07.06.2012 | Science

By: LiveScience Staff Published: 07/05/2012 09:46 AM EDT on LiveScience When older honeybees take on tasks usually handled by younger bees, agin...

Bee Kills in the Corn Belt: What's GE Got to Do With It?

Heather Pilatic | Posted 07.16.2012 | Green
Heather Pilatic

In the last few weeks beekeepers have reported staggering losses in Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio after their hives foraged on pesticide-treated corn fields. Indiana too, two years ago. What's going on in the Corn Belt?

Are Bees Everywhere In Trouble?

Posted 05.10.2012 | Green

Bees are making headlines these days, and not in a positive way. Colony collapse disorder has cut through honeybee populations, with some beekeepers r...

Queen Bees Are Demanding some R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Fool!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 07.02.2012 | Green
Annie Spiegelman

Researchers worldwide have been scrambling to discover why bees are dying in record numbers. If you're not a huge fan of the bee, why should this matter to you? Well, if you like to eat food, you should be concerned.

Widely-Used Pesticides Killing Bees

Heather Pilatic | Posted 05.29.2012 | Green
Heather Pilatic

Pesticides are prevalent, persistent and more scientists confirm everyday that they are making bees sick (or dead). The sad truth? Beekeepers have been sounding this alarm from the ground for years. Would that we had listened.

Common Pesticides Harm Bees, Studies Show

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012 | Green

By Kate Kelland LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can har...

Beekeepers Ask For EPA Pesticide Ban

AP | GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 06.12.2013 | Green

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a petition Wednesday, asking federal regulators to suspend use of ...

Feds Arrest 3 For Smuggling 5 Million Pounds Of Illegal Honey

Posted 12.09.2011 | Home

Honey may be the new Apple. Not just because the ancient sweetener is a hotbed of technological innovation -- but because crafty Chinese entrepreneurs...

The Beauty of Bees

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 02.05.2012 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

Of the more than 1.6 million known forms of life on our home -- planet Earth, bees truly are the "golden-hair" pollinator partners that have been entrusted with sustaining life on land.