Bees

The number of honey bee colonies fell by 16 percent in the winter of 2017-18, according to an international study led by the University of Strathclyde. The survey of 25,363 beekeepers in 36 countries found that, out of 544,879 colonies being managed at the s…

Four Australian restaurants have made the list of the top 100 places to eat around the globe - and an eatery in a tiny country Victorian town was among them.  Affluent readers of ritzy lifestyle magazine Elite Traveler were asked to vote on the world's hotte…

A new study by Brazilian biologists suggests that the effect of pesticides on bees could be worse than previously thought. Even when used at a level considered nonlethal, an insecticide curtailed the lives of bees by up to 50 percent. The researchers also fou…

IMAGE: A nonlethal dose of insecticide clothianidin can reduce honeybees' life span by half; once combined with the fungicide pyraclostrobin, it alters the behavior of worker bees to the point of... view more  Credit: Cristiano Menezes (left) and Catalina …

How are the world's honey bees doing? Just a few years ago, word spread that they were on the verge of a mysterious extinction. Look for updates on their situation now and you get contradictory results, all of them fairly recent, from "Bees Are Still Dying" t…

Adapted from page 2 of The Lives of Bees Nest entrance of a wild colony of honey bees living in Munich, Germany.Photo credit: Felix Remter Knowing how the honey bee lives in its natural world is important for a broad range of scientific studies. This is bec…

Help the environment. Keep our planet green. Insure best pollination of your garden and do the same for the gardens of all your neighbors for miles! Make the decision to become a keeper of bees! Step 1: Get Knowledgable on Bee Keeping Online research. Local…

In recent years much has been said and learned about the health benefits of honey, manuka honey in particular. So I thought I would catch up with Terry Bone from the New Zealand Raw Honey Company to find out about their recent success at the 2019 London Int…

"Fuera Bayer-Monsanto de Chile" (Bayer-Monsanto out of Chile) is written on the colorfully painted posters held by protesters on the streets of Chile's capital.   Santiago is one of 30 cities worldwide where thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on …

By Madiba SinghatehAs we welcome you to another edition of the Environment Column, we will bring you remarks of the Director and Chairperson of the Gambia National Beekeepers Association (GNBA), who was visited by this columnist at the Brikama Nyambai office …