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- Air pollution could be making honey bees sick – new study Fri, 14 Aug 20, 7:00amWhether it’s exhaust fumes from cars or smoke from power plants, air pollution is an often invisible threat that is a leading cause of death worldwide.
- Green-roofed Honey Bee Research Centre targets LEED Gold Thu, 26 Mar 20, 4:30amToronto-based architecture firm Moriyama & Teshima Architects has unveiled renderings for the new Honey Bee Research Centre, a state-of-the-art research and education facility for promoting honeybee health and awareness...
- Bee kind to bees, celebrate National Honey Bee Day Sat, 17 Aug 19, 3:30amGive hard-working honey bees the respect they deserve on National Honey Bee Day. The holiday on Saturday, August 17 is a good time to show extra support for these winged creatures, as these fast-flying insects are responsible...
- MaliArts designs city-chic beehives to save solitary bees Tue, 6 Nov 18, 6:30amWe’re big fans of beautifully designed urban beehives on Inhabitat, and Mexico-based design studio MaliArts’ new shelters for solitary bees are just as buzz-worthy...
- The largest solar farm apiary in the US opens this week Thu, 21 Jun 18, 2:00amAn important feature of permaculture is the concept of stacking functions, or finding multiple uses for the same space or resource. North Carolina-based PineGate Renewables is taking this principle to a new level with the...
- Which countries are doing their part to stop Colony Collapse Disorder Sat, 22 Aug 15, 5:30amPollinators are the lifeblood of ecosystems everywhere. They help plants reproduce, increase biodiversity, facilitate the dispersal of species into new regions, maintain genetic diversity within plant populations, increase...
- How one Bay Area couple plans to save the bees by planting one billion wildflowers Fri, 6 Feb 15, 1:12amBee populations have been in decline for over a decade now as the alarming phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder sees worker bees vanish from their hives...
- Study Finds Honey Bee Food May Contribute to Colony Collapse Wed, 5 Jun 13, 4:00amHoneybees photo from Shutterstock Last winter, beekeepers in the United States lost an alarming one-third of their hives to colony collapse disorder. While many acknowledge that pesticides, climate change, and habitat loss...
- Looks like “global warming” is off the hook for honeybee deaths Sat, 7 Jan 12, 2:04pmBack in 2007, Wired Magazine mused: It’s only slightly less ridiculous than the other bee killing theory that year – cell phones. I published a story about the loony idea that was proposed by some researcher in...