Bees

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…

Make no doubt about it: it’s now trendy to be the most planet-loving, alternative energy supporting, climate-changing fighting Captain Planet that you can be. And what would being a friend to environment be without sanctimoniously ridiculing those who disagr…

Make no doubt about it: it's now trendy to be the most planet-loving, alternative energy supporting, climate changing fighting Captain Planet that you can be. And what would being a friend to environment be without sanctimoniously ridiculing those who disagre…

Thirty miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Lemon Hill grove a square mile of rolling slopes covered with healthy young trees, laden with fragrant yellow fruit evokes the Arcadian vistas of classic citrus crate labels. Everything looks familiar, but inside the…

Ethiopian women engaged in silkworm farming The International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and Ethiopia Jobs Creation Commission (JCC), today launched a USD 55,601,322, five-year initiative th…

About 12,000 years ago, late stone age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start of the steady rise to civilization. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as the beginning of what is now known as the Holocene E…

Whenever we talk about the effects of climate change on animal species, the urge is to focus on flagship species like the tiger or the snow leopard. While that is a valid way to look at Earths ongoing ecocide, we often neglect the smallest creatures. Sometime…

LEGO builder The Quinten has submitted a delightful, multi-layer Mechanical Beehive to LEGO Ideas. Projects that earn 10,000 votes are reviewed by LEGO experts for the potential of being produced. The video above provides a peek at the mechanisms that make it…

Skip to comments. Bittersweet Succession Comstock's Magazine ^ | October 21, 2019 | Allison Joy Posted on 10/31/2019 10:34:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet Woodland’s Z Specialty Food seeks to double the footprint of its honey warehouse and create a commun…

A group of scientists were trying to see how bees would behave in a Martian environment, and it didn't go as planned. Rawpixel/Reuters The two-week-long research was a part of the Lunares Research Station in Pila, Poland, where they witnessed around 1000 to…