Apiculture News

I've been very concerned about the substantial loss of honeybees over the years.

While every person has a responsibility in ensuring the ongoing health of the world's busiest pollinators, no person should be placed at risk of bee stings when bees invade living zones, especially where allergic people are at risk.

Right now as we speak, your life, my life, and the life of the entire planet is in jeopardy.

With the members of the Fiji Beekeepers Association producing the majority of the country's honey, the Association's President, John Lewis, believes there is great potential for the industry to grow.

I admitted that the event weighed heavily on my mind. Though we did not dwell long on the events in Boston, the topic remained in the air, threading its subtext into several strands of our conversation.

Pesticide makers have taken to framing themselves as stewards of the bees as backlash over their products' links to mass bee deaths grows.

Crook, County Durham: I was tempted to relieve it of its burden with a fine brush.

London's a city of very old things. Like many places throughout Europe, it's not uncommon to find a building that's been around since the 18th century.

Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they're attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new.

With beekeepers around the world still reporting a high rate of colony collapse, a new study from the University of Leeds comes as an encouraging sign for those worried about the level of bee biodiversity.

Bees have already done a host of great services for the human race - they pollinate flowers, cure diseases , and produce honey.

People have long been interested in the architectural endeavors of animals. The internal structure of bee hives, the hexagonal combs of wax, have been amongst these ponderings , going back to Marcus Terentius Varro's Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres , a volume on Roman farm management.

Cotehele, Tamar Valley: Most spectacular is this genetically unique and luminous spreading tree, which goes by the name of the farmer who valued the original on his smallholding Branches of blossom peep above yew hedges that separate Cotehele 's formal gardens from the old orchard.

In 1964, a Peace Corps volunteer named Barkley Moore went to Iran, where he helped build 30 libraries, started a kindergarten and spent 50 hours a week teaching English.

This summer, Memorial Hall Library is creating a Makerspace, which in a nut shell is a "collaborative learning environments where people come together to share materials and learn new skills." Called the Beehive for Community Creativity and Gathering, this "Makerspace" will feature several events at the library each month for adults to learn, ... (more)

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The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization recently issued a report saying eating bugs is not only good for our health but it also helps the environment.

The proposed ordinance would eliminate the current requirement that a beekeeper have at least five acres of land, and it would create a beekeeping permit through the city's Department Code Enforcement, the South Bend Tribune reported .

The European Union is sponsoring research by Nikola Kezic, a Croatian researcher, into using bees to detect landmines, and that's pretty cool.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Also Contributing: Dave Benton Reported: May.