By Heather Callaghan, Editor While the media is fond of scaring the public with the issue of bee die-offs, it is not as fond of questioning its corporate sponsors in their probable role in killing pollinator populations with neonicotinoid pesticides. This class of pesticides is highly…
By Brandon Turbeville As the bee population in the United States continues to decline, some scientists are working on a backup option which many people are calling the Robobee. A recent announcement coming out of the journal Chem, in an article by Eijiro Miyako, a…
By Whitney Webb South Florida beach goers might not have expected to be stung by a bee in the surf, however, that’s exactly what’s been happening. In a rare occurrence, thousands of dead and dying bees have been washing up onto a popular beach in Naples,…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Fairmont Hotels has released a photo series depicting a day’s worth of typical meals – but in a near-future without bees. What do hotels have to do with bees? The two don’t really go hand-in-hand, do they? Hotels…bees…hotels…bees… Well, in a…
By Vic Bishop Major global big box retailer Costco has recently called on their suppliers to limit non-essential pesticides in products to be sold on its store shelves, specifically discouraging the use of neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides known to be exceptionally harmful to bees and…
By Kristan T. Harris Recent University Study Shows High Levels of Aluminum in Bumblebees Maybe the Cause of Decline in Population A recent study published on the journal Public Library of Science One, links aluminum as a contributing factor to the decline of bumblebees. There has been much debate…
By Andrea Germanos ‘This is like a doctor diagnosing your illness but then deciding to withhold the medicine you need to cure it’ The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published two bee-related announcements, but with both, say environmental groups, the agency has failed the pollinators. One…
By Jason Erickson The plight of the pollinator continues to be documented in an increasing number of studies that have linked neonicotinoid pesticides to a range of negative effects upon bees and their colonies. Neonicotinoids have been implicated in tens of millions of bees instantly…
By Alex Pietrowski In the background of modern life, as people go on debating politics and working for a living, something dreadful is happening to the eco-systems which support us. Major disasters like the ongoing radioactive leak at Fukushima, the apocalyptic fires burning throughout Indonesia, even…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Despite the public ire growing against monolithic chemcial corporations like Bayer; the chemical and seed companies are merging to become an even bigger force of contention for consumers and the eco-system at large. Bayer and Monsanto recently “got married” and one…
By Nicholas Iovino SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Beekeepers and environmentalists on Thursday accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of withholding documents they say will prove the agency has a “pattern and practice” of shirking its duty to regulate bee-killing pesticides. Lead plaintiff Jeff Anderson, a…
WASHINGTON – A new report and scorecard grades 20 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic offerings and pesticide reduction. Of the top food retailers, 17 received an “F” for failing to have a publicly…
By Lizzie Bennett A new study which looks at bee colony deaths has shown for the first time that even pesticides marked as safe for use around bees are implicated in the die-offs of bee colonies. Researchers at The University of Maryland applied a different…
By Number23 Most of us are familiar with honey. It’s considered as a sweet treat across the globe, and used in many types of foods. A study released in 2008, suggests that honey can be used for an alternate purpose. Honey has been used throughout…
Center for Food Safety (CFS) today congratulated Preferred Popcorn, a fully farmer-owned company, for its leadership in taking a bold step toward removing bee-toxic insecticides from their popcorn supply. The most widely used class of insecticides, neonicotinoids, are harmful to both bees and the broader…
By Nadia Prupis Agrochemical giants Syngenta and Bayer discovered in their own tests that their pesticides caused severe harm to bees, according to unpublished documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the environmental group Greenpeace. The companies conducted the trials on…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) Bees have just been added to the endangered species list in the US, for the first time. While by now many understand neonicotinoid pesticides kill bees, aluminum poisoning, Zika spraying, and other critical factors are at play. This video explores…
By Whitney Webb The bees are disappearing! People have been hearing this for years now, but has it really sunk in? Bees, the most important pollinators in most agroecosystems, are dying at an incredibly fast pace due to “colony collapse disorder.” However, colony collapse disorder…
By Matt Agorist Earlier this month, mosquito eradication efforts in South Carolina, gone horribly wrong, resulted in almost total devastation to the indigenous bee populations. The pesticide used to target the Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti species of mosquito, which can carry and transmit the…
By Vandita “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination, no more men!” — Albert Einstein Ever wondered why bees are so important to our survival? One of the…
