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05/26/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
Bee aware: About 75% of the world’s food crops rely on bees and other pollinators
Every May 20 of each year, World Bee Day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinating insects for ecological health and human survival. More than 75 percent of the world’s food crops relies on bees and other pollinators, either completely or in part, as do 90 percent of wild flowering plants. In […]
05/24/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Newly discovered pathogen variant may wipe out already threatened bee populations worldwide
A newly discovered variant of a virus that affects bees is now threatening to wipe out apian populations around the globe. A variant of the deformed wing virus (DWV), dubbed DWV-B by scientists, appears to affect bees at a faster rate. The virus causes severe damage to the wings of bees before eventually killing them. […]
02/11/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
ECO-COLLAPSE: Fewer seeds are spreading worldwide because animals, pollinators essential for dispersal ARE DYING OFF
The environment is spreading around 60 percent fewer seeds because the animals and pollinators that plants rely on are all dying. Seed dispersal is an important cog in ecological systems all over the world. Plants have quite literally evolved strategies to spread their seeds away from the parent plant. Some have figured out ways to […]
12/20/2021
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By Cassie B.
Environmental groups sue EPA over pesticide-coated seeds
Two major environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the use of deadly pesticides that are harming bees and other pollinators. Last week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America filed a suit demanding that the EPA close a loophole […]
11/28/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Deadly pesticides can harm bee populations for generations, study finds
A recent study showed that pesticides can harm bee populations for generations. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, found that bee populations can take a hit for generations once a bee is exposed to a common pesticide in its first year of life. Lead author […]
09/07/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Big lifters: Bees can carry almost their own bodyweight back to the hive when in “economy mode”
A recent study found that bumblebees, the plump, fuzzy relatives of honey bees, are actually heavy lifters, able to fly back to their hive with almost their own body weight in nectar. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) showed that bees can fly using an “economy mode” that uses less energy […]
08/19/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Study finds pesticides kill bees even below recommended doses
A new study from the University of California, Riverside revealed that a common class of insecticides is harmful to bees even below recommended doses. Neonicotinoids are insecticides that protect plants from harmful insects like aphids; however, they can also seriously harm beneficial insects like bees. This insecticide, which is chemically similar to nicotine, is widely used by commercial growers. […]
02/26/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
New research shows why flower diversity is important for bee conservation
From spring through summer, both bumblebees and honeybees can be observed visiting the same flowers. Yet interestingly enough, these two bee species do not compete with each other for resources. And scientists know why. In a study published early this month, researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at England’s University of Sussex found that bumblebees […]
01/24/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
Bee-killing pesticides threaten the global food supply
Neonicotinoids, better known as neonics, are a class of insecticides with a chemical structure that resembles nicotine – a nitrogen-containing compound present in tobacco plants. Farmers across the United States use pesticides with neonics to protect their crops from pests. But experts find that the use of neonics has disastrous consequences for food production for humans. Daniel Raichel of the […]
01/14/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Bee die-offs in Nebraska traced to pesticide-using ethanol plant
Honey bees in Nebraska have been dropping dead due to an ethanol plant that generates enormous heaps of smelly waste containing unsafe levels of pesticides. AltEn, a recycling plant based in the town of Mead, has been using pesticide-coated grains to produce ethanol, a chemical used to make biofuel. As a result, the company has been churning out massive piles […]
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