Bees

In Minnesota as boy I used to raise Monarch butterflies. On summer break mornings I’d go behind my parents house into a large park that had a creek flowing through it. Between the creek and our house was a football field sized patch of grass which had a few o…

Many areas of agriculture depend on pollinators. Scientists estimate that 200,000 - 350,000 different animal species help with pollination, from birds to bats, marsupials to monarch butterflies. But when it comes to the majority of crops around our globe, we …

Jason and Angela Young, the owners of White Oak Bee Company in Raleigh County, have taken their idea for a unique start-up business and brought it to life. Think honeybees meets coffee. The couple began selling honey-roasted coffee and honey products from t…

Have you ever used a product because it was great quality and worked well, but never knew the story behind it? You’d be amazed what inspires business owners to launch brands these days. Products and services are inspired by life stories, humanitarian efforts …

Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. Wild bees buzz through farms, pollinating vegetables as they go. Nearby, wetlands might remove chemicals from the farm's runoff, protecting a community drinking water source. In communiti…

Abstract Honey bees, Apis mellifera, are a globally significant pollinator species and are currently in decline, with losses attributed to an array of interacting environmental stressors. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF EMFs) are a lesser…

Societal burdens of nature loss

Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. Wild bees buzz through farms, pollinating vegetables as they go. Nearby, wetlands might remove chemicals from the farm's runoff, protecting a community drinking water source. In communiti…

Multiple Michigan residents have died from the rare mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis and several others have been sickened. USA TODAY Widespread insecticide spraying to kill mosquitoes potentially carrying the deadly Eastern equine encephal…

I met Meritxell and Laia one bright sunny day in April, in the Pallars Sobirà, a mountainous county in the Catalan Pyrenees. Both are women farmers and work in livestock management Meritxell is a cattle rancher, while Laia herds goats and makes cheese. Unlik…