June 2013

Might be? Some of us have ringing the alarm bell for well over a decade. The time to act is now https://news.vice.com/article/this-pesticide-might-be-killing-off-bees?utm_source=vicenewstwitter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html From all across the United States, these reports of devastating honeybee losses are being reported.. http://www.prweb.com/releases/bees-honey-raw/mohawk-valley-trading-co/prweb10586699.htm http://goo.gl/exKfW http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/04/10/exclusive-interview-soil-association-policy-head-blames-pesticides-for-uk-bee-genocide/#.UWgsTb90VNR This is worth a look http://billmoyers.com/segment/“dance-of-the-honey-bee”/ This is heartening news..http://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/

Pro-active Canadian beekeepers. Terrific. Let us hope that they win I wish them every success. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canadian-beekeepers-sue-bayer-syngenta-over-neonicotinoid-pesticides-1.2754441 Do bees prefer city flowers to country flowers? Those flower patches squeezed into postage stamp–sized spaces in cities do much more than add a splash of color to the urban environment. The 30,000 schoolchildren in the Big Bumblebee Discovery…

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?

This news is very concerning. I thought we were beginning to help people understand the fundamental necessity of bees and the dangers of pesticides. http://www.economicvoice.com/bee-harming-pesticides-to-be-used-again/

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.