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Heavy bee colony losses in US could lead to price rise
Ecologist
4th May, 2010
Beekeepers in US blame weather and starvation for another winter of heavy colony losses, which is likely to lead to rises in the cost of pollination 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...Help protect our honeybees
Laura Sevier
13th July, 2009
Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the Soil Association petition to help get it banned. Then take part in Twitter's 'Tweehive' - starting on 14th July 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...Renewed call for pesticide ban to protect bees
Ecologist
14th September, 2009
Previous calls to ban neonicotinoids have been turned down by the UK government because of lack of evidence more...Extinct bumblebee will return to Britain in 2010
Ecologist
7th September
Short-haired bumblebee to be brought back from New Zealand and reintroduced into Kent more...How best to create a wildlife-friendly garden? First, relax
Matilda Lee
3rd September, 2009
London's Pestival bugfest is back - showcasing a lazy gardener's dream and other ways to show our six-legged friends some love more...Pesticide link to bee deaths
Ecologist
1st February, 2009
A former Washington scientific adviser has called for a worldwide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that have been implicated in the decline of the honeybee population. more...Read The Label: Emulsifiers
Pat Thomas
14th December, 2008
Many mainstream toiletries’ incompatible ingredients require chemicals to bind them together. Pat Thomas considers the alternatives to this unholy alliance more...
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Campaign to save British Bees launched
News
12th February, 2008
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). more...Give Bees a chance
Pat Thomas
11th February, 2008
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. more...Mobile phones could lead to bee decline
News
16th April, 2007
Radiation from mobile phones might be contributing to the world-wide loss of bee colonies, a new study has shown. more...Lessons From Nature
Anthony Wall
30th November, 1999
Episode One - Killer Bees more...