Bees

Bees are great at retrieving tiny cargo: their main job is to visit flowering plants in order to gather pollen and nectar for their hive. Now one pesticide company has gained federal permission to ensure they’re bringing something special along on each trip. …

Foodies demand farm-to-table ingredients, and one Brooklyn eatery has locavores buzzing with excitement: Two beehives on the roof of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge are home to some 2,000 bees, and their "Rooftop Honey" is used in unique dishes a…

Germany said Wednesday it would phase out the controversial weed killer glyphosate because it wipes out insect populations crucial for ecosystems and pollination of food crops. The chemical, which is also suspected by some experts to cause cancer in humans, …

In late June and early July, The Wildwood Trust in Kent can have around one million honeybees buzzing around their 28 hives. One million! During her visit to the woodland park, Maddie Moate asks: “What’s the first thing you think about when you see a single b…

The chemical, which is also suspected by some experts to cause cancer inhumans, is to be banned by the end of 2023 when the EU's current approval period for it expires, ministers said. Biologists have sounded the alarm over plummeting insect populations that…

—LONDON, 26 July, 2019 Tomorrows world could be a hungrier world. That is because as large-scale agribusiness gets busier crop diversity diminishes, and the pool of potential pollinators will become increasingly at risk. Those crops that rely on pollination …

Bees can sometimes be annoying and at other times, they could be scary when they get in your face. But they are a natural part of the environment and as one movie illustrated, removing bees can disrupt the dynamics within that environment. Every creature liv…

Reports of similar losses are being flagged by other states that have been experiencing heavy rainfall since June. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) Beekeeping in Maharashtra has hit rough waters, with over 500 bee colonies in the state lost due to heavy rai…

A new study provides valuable insights into pollen abundance and diversity available to honeybee colonies employed in five major pollinator-dependent crops in Oregon and California, including California's massive almond industry. The study, a collaboration b…

Over the past decade, the general public has started to look at bees differently. In response to the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) crisis that emerged in the Noughties, when huge numbers of bees disappeared, and a growing sense of the threat to agriculture t…