colony collapse
Dying Bees Will Make your Holiday Dinner Much More Expensive
Enjoy your holiday meal this year, because pollinator-dependent cranberries, almonds, apples, pumpkins, and berries will soon face a price hike.
Bee Populations Seem To Be Bouncing Back In Canada, But Not in the US
44 percent of all US bee colonies died last year. Yikes.
Humans Are Doing a Remarkable Job of Killing the Species That Feed Us
Pollinators like bees, hummingbirds, bats, and butterflies help to produce 75 percent of crops — but human activities are threatening many species with extinction, according to a new UN report.
This Pesticide Might Be Killing off Bees
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released the first of four assessments into the insecticides that environmental groups say are linked to a dramatic decline in bee populations.
Oslo Is Trying to Make a Highway for Bees
The city government is promoting a grassroots effort to plant flowers along a corridor that cuts through Oslo, which will provide food and shelter for the pollinators.
Bees Might Be Addicted to Nicotine-Like Insecticides That Are Killing Them
Two new scientific studies reveal not only that wild bees might reproduce less frequently when exposed to certain insecticides — but they might also become addicted to the chemicals.
Looks Like the Leftist Fringe Was Right About What's Killing the Bees
For years, environmentalists have been blaming nicotine-derived insecticides for colony collapse disorder, and the coming breakdown of the global economy. Chengshen Lu's second report shows that they're probably right. And he means it this time.