Honeybee populations are under attack but the founders of nonprofit HoneyLove believe bees’ best future is in cities. And Save the Bees supports well managed urban groups like HoneyLove.

January 12, 2019

By Daniel B. Wood West Los Angeles, Calif. — Butterflies and hummingbirds flit in the shafts of light behind Chelsea McFarland as she tells a group of about 20 interested volunteers – residents ages 6 to 66 from around this West Los Angeles suburb – what they can do to combat the dramatic worldwide depletion of the … More Honeybee populations are under attack but the founders of nonprofit HoneyLove believe bees’ best future is in cities. And Save the Bees supports well managed urban groups like HoneyLove.

The mushroom dream of a ‘long-haired hippy’ could help save the world’s bees  

January 3, 2019

By EVAN BUSH The Seattle Times SEATTLE—The epiphany that mushrooms could help save the world’s ailing bee colonies struck Paul Stamets while he was in bed. Years ago, in 1984, Stamets had noticed a “continuous convoy of bees” travelling from a patch of mushrooms he was growing and his beehives. The bees actually moved wood chips to … More The mushroom dream of a ‘long-haired hippy’ could help save the world’s bees  

Bumblebee pollinates sunflower

Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees

December 21, 2018

With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers. The study, conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, showed that two different species of bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen … More Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees

Inbreeding and disease are factors in decline of yellow-banded bumblebee

November 29, 2018

Clues show that their immune genes are under selection, pointing to disease as a likely cause of yellow-banded bumblebee. By sequencing the genome of the yellow-banded bumblebee, York University researchers have found that inbreeding and disease are likely culprits in their rapid decline in North America. This is believed to be the first time the genome … More Inbreeding and disease are factors in decline of yellow-banded bumblebee

Neonics put bumblebees at risk of extinction by hindering colony formation, study reveals

November 8, 2018

Exposure to thiamethoxam reduces the chances of a bumblebee queen starting a new colony by more than a quarter. Bumblebees are less able to start colonies when exposed to a common neonicotinoid pesticide, according to a new University of Guelph study. Prof. Nigel Raine has discovered that exposure to thiamethoxam reduces the chances of a … More Neonics put bumblebees at risk of extinction by hindering colony formation, study reveals

WHAT ARE NEONICOTINOIDS? TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ROLLS BACK BAN ON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PESTICIDES

October 20, 2018

A memo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday that the Trump administration rolled back an Obama-era ban on neonicotinoids, a group of synthetic chemical pesticides that are linked to the decline of wild bee populations around the world. This ends a policy that had prohibited farmers on refugees from planting genetically engineered crops. The chemicals have been … More WHAT ARE NEONICOTINOIDS? TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ROLLS BACK BAN ON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PESTICIDES