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Bees with Alzheimer’s – the price of pesticides
April 8th, 2013
by Pat Thomas
Pat Thomas on why me must continue to fight against excessive pesticide use, for the sake of both humans and bees....... more...
Frontline Online: What's killing our bees?
April 3rd, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline.... more...
The A to Z of smallholdings
Lisa Stephens
8th May, 2012
Take one Alpaca, a scattering of silkworms, a couple of cows and a group of goats, and you could just be the next Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Lisa Stephens presents the A to Z of smallholdings more...
Tried and tested: lip balm
Ruth Styles
25th April, 2012
High on petrochemicals and low on efficacy, it’s time to swap your Vaseline for something a little greener. Ruth Styles puts the planet-pleasing alternatives to the test more...
Six reasons to become an urban beekeeper
Zion Lights
19th April, 2012
Urban beekeeping will help boost the UK's declining bee population. Here are six reasons to get involved more...
Grave threat of pesticides to bees' billion-pound bonanza is now clear
Damian Carrington, Guardian Head of Environment
April 2012
Replacing the pollination of food crops that the UK's bees perform for free would cost £1.8bn. With hard data now linking pesticides to bees' rapid decline, there is no excuse for inaction, says Damian Carrington more...
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...
On Stevenson’s trail: honey and horses in the Cévennes
Ruth Styles
11th April, 2012
Robert Louis Stevenson’s account of his epic 1879 journey through the Cévennes is one of the high points of travel literature but as Ruth Styles found out, there’s still plenty to be discovered more...
The spotters guide to spring wild flowers
Rebecca Campbell
6th April, 2012
With spring in full swing, the UK’s ancient woodland is bursting into life. From bluebells to ramsens, Rebecca Campbell rounds up the best British bloomsmore...
Heavenly honey: why the golden stuff is good news for your skin
Ruth Styles
4th April, 2012
A natural moisturiser packed with antioxidants, honey is a sweet treat that can make a big difference to your dermis more...
Pesticides linked to honeybee decline
Damien Carrington, guardian head of environment
29th March, 2012
The first study conducted in a natural environment has shown that systemic pesticides damage bees' ability to navigate more...
Why bees & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers
Hazel Sillver
20th March, 2012
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration more...
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How Dow and Monsanto teamed up over 'Agent Orange' herbicide
Richard Schiffman
24th February, 2012
In a match some would say was made in hell, two of the world's leading producers of agro-chemicals have joined forces in a partnership to reintroduce the herbicide 2, 4-D, - one-half of the infamous defoliant Agent Orange more...
Bee Lovely: the hand cream standing up for insects
Ruth Styles
14th September, 2011
Britain’s bees are in big trouble, but Neal’s Yard Remedies have come to the rescue with a campaign and limited edition hand cream. Ruth Styles put it to the test more...
The A to Z of beekeeping
Gervase Poulden
6th September, 2011
From zoning to killer bees and lovely honey: Gervase Poulden explains the essentials of beekeeping more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Richard Scott of Landlife
Matilda Lee
12th July, 2011
The senior project manager at Landlife, the charity working to bring people and wildlife closer together, on 'principled' dealings with corporations and why it's important to make politicians jealous more...
TAKE ACTION to protect Britain's bees
Matilda Lee
5th July, 2011
Sign the petition to ban neonicotinoids in the UK and help safeguard Britain's threatened bee population more...
Clean and green: Top 10…eco-friendly grooming products
Henry Gass
17th June, 2011
Whether you’re trying to get to grips with the concept of serum or just want a decent shampoo, Henry Gass has the lowdown on the eco-friendly grooming products that will do the trick for you and for the planet more...
Super nature: creating a wildlife garden
Hazel Sillver
22nd March, 2011
From birds to dragonflies and butterflies to bees, Hazel Sillver explains how to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife more...
Biodiversity begins with a Bee (according to Scottish Natural Heritage)
The Ecologist
27th January,2011
Scottish Natural Heritage launch a new film in the name of safeguarding biodiversity, complete with with sword-fighting and motorcycling bees...more...
Leaked document exposes risks to bees and insects from Bayer pesticide
Tom Levitt
3rd January, 2010
US government scientists flag up risks to bees and aquatic insects from neonicotinoid pesticide that biotech giant Bayer are trying to gain approval for use by farmers more...
British Beekeepers' Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides
Alison Benjamin, guardian society editor
17th November, 2010
Beekeepers' group ends commercial relationship with pesticide manufacturer whose product killed bees more... Controversial pesticides linked to 'total ecological collapse' of insects and birds
Dearbhla Crosse and Tom Levitt
16th November, 2010
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologistmore...
PHOTO GALLERY: Breeding bees resistant to the varroa mite
Louis Rummer-Downing
22nd October, 2010
British honeybee populations have been decimated by the varroa mite, but hidden inside hives in deepest Cornwall, something very special is happening... more...
'Unnecessary' weedkillers could undermine efforts to protect bee population
Dearbhla Crosse
12th October,2010
New research encouraging gardeners to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of weedkillers and pesticides, Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) warns more...Members
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