Bees

"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." ― Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees to extinction. The choices before humanity are clear, a Poison Free…

In our household we were already home-schooling. By late January, both our teenage children were out of school. One because of illness, the other because it was stifling him. As soon as he left, he sprang back to life like a long-squashed plant, eager to stretch out, to learn and…

Subscribe to the FREE #1 Natural Health Newsletter Story at-a-glance - As the insect population is declining, Asian Giant Hornets, dubbed murder hornets, have made an appearance in Washington state and are a significant threat to honeybees Read the Full Article for Free! Subscribe to the #1 Natural Health Newsletter…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is seeking to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030 to halt the decline of pollinators, in a plan likely to draw criticism both from those urging a phase-out of the substances and from farmers who say crop yields will suffer. FILE PHOTO:…

City gardeners are dependant on wild insects to make their gardens thrive. Credit: Shutterstock With the arrival of spring, many people have been starting to think about how COVID-19 will impact the affordability and availability of fruits and vegetables in coming months, as shortages of both honeybees and migrant workers…

Herald Moth. Credit: Richard Walton, UCL Moths are important pollen transporters in English farmland and might play a role in supporting crop yields, according to a new UCL study. The research, published in Biology Letters, shows that moth pollen transport networks are larger and more complex than networks for daytime…

Edited by Joan E. Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, and approved March 16, 2020 (received for review February 6, 2020) This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article.…

A blue-green microalgae could provide a strong, sustainably produced artificial diet for honey bees Credit: Vincent Ricigliano, ARS-USDA A microscopic algae ("microalgae") could provide a complete and sustainably sourced supplemental diet to boost the robustness of managed honey bees, according to research just published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists…

Editor’s note: According to recent press reports, two Asian giant hornets – a species not known to occur in North America – were found in northwest Washington state in late 2019, and a hornet colony was found and eliminated in British Columbia. Now scientists are trying to determine whether more…

Officials have recently discovered an invasive, predatory insect nicknamed he "murder hornet” in Washington state near the Canadian border. The hornets could potentially pose a threat to humans, the Washington State Agricultural Department had said according to a Reuters report. The first sighting of the murder hornet was reported in…