Bees

Bees exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide fly only a third of the distance that unexposed bees are able to achieve. Flight behaviour is crucial for determining how bees forage, so reduced flight performance from pesticide exposure could lead to colonies goin…

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Early April in Serbia was sunny, orchards were in full bloom and honey bees from most of the country’s 1.2 million beehives were busy collecting nectar and pollen. Within a week, however, bees suddenly started dying at several locations…

It’s Wednesday! It’s the last Wednesday of April and we hope you all had a great Easter, Passover, or just weekend in general. I did absolutely nothing besides lounged around the house and play video games. It was fantastic; sometimes you just need a lazy wee…

An estimate of bumble bee population and distribution shows that half of the species studied have seen a more than 50 percent decline. For the study, which appears in Ecology, researchers compared current distributions of bumble bee species across Michigan t…

Earth Day comes around every April 22, but we should be thinking about the planet year-roundand some beauty brands do just that. Burts Bees believes in connecting people to the beauty, wisdom and power of nature, which means its our responsibility as a busine…

Valmik ThaparApr 22, 2019 16:45:24 IST Imagine living in a world without flowers or fruit or coffee or chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream. Imagine if all you could get on your pizza is corn and mushrooms. No tomato sauce, no cheese, no peppers or any ot…

Numerous studies in recent years have shown that pesticides are causing long-term decline in insects and birds, and are probably behind colony collapse disorder in bees which has seen populations plummet by up to 90 per cent. Toxic neonicotinoid varieties ha…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinating everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire wanted to understand if the docu…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinizing everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire wanted to understand if the docu…

By MICHAEL CASEY CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinizing everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire wanted to un…