No pollinators, no crops
According to a story on Wednesday by AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, the National Academy of Sciences has just released a report on the "Status of Pollinators in North America." The report takes...
View ArticleBees are in trouble, and that means so are we.
Honey bees have a problem. It began almost 10 years ago when honey bee hives started getting infested by a species of parasitic Asian bee-killing varroa mite. Since then, these mites have killed off...
View ArticleBees are dying … don’t spray the flowers!
I found this in my morning mail: Gary: I wrote the letter below to send to the editor, but decided to pass it to you instead. I am not asking you to reprint it, just use whatever parts you may find...
View ArticleHoneybees & pesticides: We’re poisoning our own food supply
Photo by Flickr user Todd Huffman used under a Creative Commons License Check out the Associated Press story below. We humans just don’t get it. We’re flooding the local environment with pesticides,...
View ArticleNorth American Bees: Check out this beautiful calendar!
Photo by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA Gary: Birders have it so easy with many bird identification books to choose from! Just try to identify a few of the 1,600 species of Native Bees who live in...
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