April 2014

I think this worth reading: http://www.npr.org This has been sent through to me from Texas. You might like to contribute and help save the bees https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-irrigate-an-organic-bee-farm-in-austin#/ This is fun: http://mentalfloss.com/article/53691/13-fascinating-facts-about-bees URGENT : If you wish to help the bees against the dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides, please sign this petition. It needs another 12,000 sigs before…

This one is a bit urgent. Deadline 22nd December to sign, Please USA, sign this. I have. Thank you. Friends of the Earth U.S. : Tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: suspend neonics now! We only have until December 22nd to comment and tell the EPA to protect bees, not chemical companies’ profits, and suspend…

This is such a lovely story… This is fascinating short piece about Bee’s Intelligence U.S. agencies need better data to protect bees, watchdog says Was a USDA scientist muzzled because of his bee research?

Another little blessing from the honey bee http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2013/12/better-berry-thanks-bees There is a Facebook page worth looking at called Beyond Pesticides https://www.facebook.com/beyondpesticides One of its posts is the following which those of you in the States who are concerned for your bees might want to sign. In Europe, we have begun our two-year trial ban on Neonicotinoids.

A year ago, Monsanto purchased the company, BEEOLOGICS. Here is the link to the page on their website http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/Pages/the-buzz-on-beologics.aspx I believe this is a very disturbing step and one that we, as a global population, should be monitoring very carefully RNAi-based products are a mechanism meant to block gene expression. RNAi-based products are genetically engineered…

Here is an interview with a beekeeper who has suffered a very high mortality rate within his hives http://www.theorganicview.com/environment/is-corn-planting-to-blame-for-unusual-bee-losses/ The Bumblebee Trust are looking for Volunteers to help at the Bath and West Show this Saturday 1 June so please contact volunteering@bumblebeeconservation.org if you would like to lend a hand. If you live in England,…