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TAKE ACTION: Support Friends of the Earth's National Bee Action Plan
Mark Briggs
11th April, 2012
In China, pear trees have had to be pollinated by hand after bees were wiped out by industrial farming. Now FOE have launched a petition to get the UK government to help halt the decline in Britain's own bee population more...
Bees stung by 'climate change-linked' early pollination
Ecologist
7th September, 2010
Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests more...
Why are bees in decline? New research to provide the answers
Ecologist
22nd June, 2010
Nine new studies will look at the role of pesticides, habitat loss and disease in the decline of insect pollinators like the honeybee and bumblebee more...
Celebrate biodiversity and butterflies at Kew Gardens, London
Discover how plants get by with a little help from butterflies and moths during the summer ‘Biodiversity Year at Kew’ programme more...
Agri-chemical companies are both breeding and killing bees
Tom Levitt
13th October, 2009
Agri-chemical companies like Syngenta don’t just make the chemicals that have been blamed for the decline in bees; they also breed the bees that are being used as a replacement for wild pollinators more...
Pollution may affect pollination, study suggests
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
An increase in air pollution is destroying floral aromas, meaning pollinators such as bees and butterflies may soon be struggling find pollen sources. more...

