EXETER, England — The bee findings were not what Syngenta expected to hear. The pesticide giant had commissioned James Cresswell, an expert in flowers and bees at the University of Exeter in England, to study why many of the world’s bee colonies were dying. Companies like Syngenta have long blamed a tiny bug called a … More Examining the globe-spanning, sometimes corrupt relationship of chemical companies, academics and regulators, and the powerful toxins and genetically modified seeds used to grow food in many parts of the world.

Bumblebees’ ability to produce the buzzing – or vibration – that enables them to pollinate key commercial food crops may be harmed by the controversial pesticides neonicotinoids, according to new research. The preliminary findings of the study — which examined a type of pollination unique to bees known as ‘buzz pollination’ — will be presented … More Neonics are damaging bumblebees’ vibes, study shows

Here are some expert tips Spring is the best time to sow seeds. Wait until the possibility of frost is over before sowing.Wildflowers will flourish in most soil. If grass or weeds are growing there now, so will wildflowers. Aggressive weeds can take over your wildflower garden, so continue to weed the area, especially in … More Let’s keep planting wildflowers and help the bees at the same time

My bees were poisoned from the sky,’ beekeeper says. The pictures are heartbreaking: Millions of honeybees lie dead after being sprayed with an insecticide targeting Zika-carrying mosquitoes. by Sandee LaMotte CNN Rich Brooks/CNN South Carolina beekeeper Juanita Stanley has a message to mosquito control officials who she believes are overreacting to Zika: “Stop. This is … More Overreacting to Zika

1. The honey bee has been around for millions of years.I think we should get ourselves some honey bee facts, after all so many healing and health-promoting opportunities for the humans begin with this tiny and very busy creature. As you read the following 20 honey bee facts, you will be so intrigued by their … More 20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!

Dead bees at Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies in Summerville, S.C. (Credit Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies) The Monday morning scene at Juanita Stanley’s apiary in Summerville, S.C., was ghastly and stunningly quiet: Everywhere one looked were clumps of honeybees, dead after a dousing on Sunday with the potent pesticide with which the local authorities … More Aimed at Zika Mosquitoes, Spray Kills Millions of Honeybees

A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, northern England. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis By Kate Kelland | LONDON Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings … More Long-term study links neonicotinoids to wild bee declines

When it comes to honey bees, more mates is better. A new study shows that genetic diversity is key to survival in honey bee colonies — meaning a colony is less likely to survive if its queen has had a limited number of mates. Bee colony survival is linked to the number of times a … More Genetic diversity key to survival of honey bee colonies

“Bees are dying off so quickly that scientists are now warning they could go extinct. That’s why we fought so hard to convince the French Parliament to ban bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. But now corporate interests are doing everything they can to block the ban from going into effect. Already, more than 300,000 bee colonies have … More SumOfUs, an internationally recognized watchdog group, is sending out hundreds of thousands of emails warning of new, bee extinction issue.