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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Small-scale beekeepers threatened by colony losses
Ecologist
25th May, 2010
Continuing high winter losses in bee colonies is prompting fears about future of hobby beekeeping more...
How to be an urban beekeeper
Theodora Tsentas
27th April, 2010
You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard more...
Toughen up: bee disease is nothing new
Tom Hodgkinson
31st March, 2010
There's no great conspiracy around bee deaths - hive diseases have been with us for millennia. No one who keeps livestock should expect an easy ride... more...
Loss of forage biggest long-term threat to bees
Ecologist
8th January, 2010
Intensification of farming and subsequent decline in food sources rather than pesticides or disease seen as biggest threat to honey bees more...
Beekeeping for ecology, economy and food security
Jamie Skey
1st September, 2009
Bees Abroad, a UK beekeeping charity, has initiated a project to train and support Malawian beekeepers. Find out how you can help... more...
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