Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that.
… Give Bees a chance Pat Thomas | 11th February 2008 News Bees Crops Diversity Colony Collapse Disorder … the sedate and rarefied world of beekeeping. Bees are big business. In 2006, a Cornell …
The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will this week call for for a five-year £8m research programme to save the insect from colony collapse disorder (CCD).
… Campaign to save British Bees launched 12th February 2008 News Bees CCD Farming Species Extinction Pests And … to be an off-season norm. The importance of bees is significant. They pollinate more that …
What action is the sugar industry taking to find sustainable alternatives to bee-killing neonicotinoids, and why has it been so slow?
… acute and long-term risk to the survival of bees and other pollinating insects. … are absorbed into every part of a plant. When bees feed on a plant’s pollen or nectar, the … Evidence It also advised that the risk to bees from crops grown in the same field …
Wildlife Trusts lawyers contact environment secretary demanding he demonstrate decision to allow pesticide use is lawful.
… Neonicotinoids Wildlife Trusts Editor’s Picks bees.jpg Wildlife Trusts lawyers contact … are banned because of evidence they harm bees but farmers can apply for emergency use … “Using neonicotinoids not only threatens bees but is also extremely harmful to aquatic …
Three storytellers from Uganda, Zimbabwe and Kenya share how Indigenous communities are reviving culture and restoring nature across Africa.
… “Seeing the losses, feeling the pain of the bees, we decided something must be done. For … they will hang in and the wild places where bees feed. We are encouraging everyone to … use organic farming methods.” Watch: Land of Bees Reweaving Each animation demonstrates the …
Just as Sir Nicholas Stern’s report in October 2006 put a price on the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN has begun to cost out the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, and rising.
… that coffee farmers can value pollination by bees at $361 a hectare, and that areas of …
Satish Kumar received the P.E.A. environment award for most ecological family this week. Here he argues that cities should not be an impediment to sustainable living.
… Butterflies were flying over the plants, and bees were buzzing around the beehives. If my …
A tiny fish has 'theory of mind'. So - Chris Packham asks in a new BBC series - what makes us humans so different from other animals?
… with pups. Starlings exhibit social learning. Bees can count. All this comes in the first … ourselves from the birds and the bees is emotional in origin. The implications …
Climate breakdown provides a more habitable environment for many types of insects - resulting in pests, crop damage and increased diseases.
Pests and climate breakdown Emily Folk | 4th January 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Diseases Pollution screenshot_2020-05-27_at_16.33.31.png Climate breakdown provides a more habitable environment for …
The UK’s biggest landowners are harming our climate. So why is the Green movement staying silent on land inequality?
Landspiracy: is a rewilding revolution inevitable? Joel Scott-Halkes | 12th August 2021 | News Rewilding Conservation Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks Knepp rewilding The UK’s biggest landowners are …