Bad news for baby bees
Neonicotinoid pesticides (or neonics) continue to gain notoriety as a driving factor in declining bee populations. But a mounting body of evidence also...
30 January, 2014
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Organic wine = happy, healthy bees
When I was a child my grandfather raised bees on the family vineyard in the South of France. After World War II, we...
19 December, 2013
Above the fold: EPA, protect bees!
Inaction? Intransigence? Negligence? Whatever the right word, we’re reminded that the U.S. is behind the curve when it comes to protecting bees. Yesterday,...
01 December, 2013
Feed the bees?
Don cooking hard candy for his bees. A completed brick is in the foreground and a wooden candy form is behind the brick.Feeding...
25 November, 2013
Bees get their day in Oregon
The Oregon Legislative hearing on Bee Health and Pesticide Use on November 21 was an important milestone. Lawmakers heard from a number of...
24 November, 2013
Will California save the bees?
Last week I sat through a long hearing in the California legislature, all about bee declines. By the end, I was both excited...
24 October, 2013
Josh Woodward – Already There
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary...
04 October, 2013
EPA bee-protective labels don’t cut it
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new labels intended to better protect bees from neonicotinoid pesticides. While seemingly a move in...
23 August, 2013
“Bee-friendly” plants? Think again.
Honey bees are up against a lot these days, no thanks to a lack of action from EPA. And new data released today...
17 August, 2013