Bees

On paper, green infrastructure refers to anything from parks to arboretums to backyards to green roofs. In fast growing cities such as Nairobi, these two words don't go together often, but when they do, the results are breathtaking. DEPRESSION The ideal des…

Bumble bees are vulnerable to parasitism by a flagellated trypanosome (some species of which are important human pathogens). The parasite Crithidia bombi, in combination with environmental stresses, can promote declines in bumble bee populations by reducing f…

Machine Learning Case Study Oracle Analytics Cloud is the foundation for an ambitious project aimed at finding the cause and cures for honeybee population decline. An alarming decline in the global bee population has been making headlines recently and for …

IMAGE: This is a legal reserve in Caucaia do Alto, Ibiúna, São Paulo State. view more  Credit: Jean Paul Metzger The 270 million hectares of native vegetation preserved by rural landowners (Legal Reserves and unprotected areas) yield Brazil the equivalent…

There's something about getting outside into the garden at the end of a busy day. The kids follow me out and jump on the tramp, kick the soccer ball around, or turn the sprinkler on, before inevitably joining me at some point to "help".   Yes, after a hecti…

THE BUZZ: Are you ready for the Schiff Show? Rep. Adam Schiff will be the public face of impeachment hearings that launch this morning, with William Taylor and George Kent testifying before the House Intelligence Committee that the Burbank Democrat chairs. A…

What if we could create artificial bees that helped us with food production? Ola Gjønnes Grendal cooks up the materials needed to do just this. Up to 30 percent of the food we eat is directly or indirectly dependent on pollination by bees. But due to pestici…

Approximately half of all insects have been lost since 1970 due to the heavy use of pesticides, which could spell disaster for all life on Earth, a new report suggests.  Conservationists have called for action to be taken to halt the 'unnoticed insect apocal…

At least two urban Australian parks, Sydney's Centennial Parklands and the Royal Botanic Garden, have beehives but their ''evangelist'', Doug Purdie of the Urban Beehive, tells me they are not signposted so as not to attract too many visitors. He says it took…

Early results from the Strategic Bee Plantations project, show that planting strategically to feed bees can save landowners and beekeepers money. The three-year project, which is co-funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), also found it can bene…