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More than half of the streams in America are contaminated with insecticides that have been linked to bee colony collapse, according to a new study. Researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found neonicotinoids, which some scientists blame for ...

I still remember the first time I got stung by a bee. I was four or five and was in the back of my mom’s car. I adjusted the way I was sitting just a little bit … and a ...

If you live somewhere cold, then chances are this winter took a toll on your lips. Luckily, lip balm is an easy and cheap product that you can make at home – and get ready for those dry summer months. ...

Perhaps you’ve been researching the lifestyle of self-sufficiency for a while. You’ve started growing a garden, have a small flock of chickens and have begun living your life in a more frugal manner. So far you’re really enjoying the lifestyle ...

Most people are familiar with only two bee products: honey and beeswax. But there are three others, unbeknownst to many, that are just as useful to humans — maybe even more: bee pollen, royal jelly and propolis. Extracts of these ...

From the top floor of my city’s downtown library, through the thick-paned glass windows, I can see the high-rise office buildings and apartments of the surrounding cityscape, and I can also see a small apiary — three rooftop beehives — ...

Bees have been dying in record numbers since about 2005, and Whole Foods Market recently embarked upon a “Give bees a chance” educational promotion to highlight the ongoing decline. The chain hosted events in its stores June 21 to alert ...

Honeybees don’t just pollinate our orchards (apples, pears, peaches, plums, almonds, grapefruits, oranges, cherries), but they also pollinate berries (blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries) as well as onions, pumpkins, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelons and a host of other food plants. Falling bee ...

The EPA wants to expand the use of two pesticides that could be a major threat to America’s bee population, farms and the nation’s food supply. That’s the charge being made by the Center for Food Safety and beekeepers. The ...

A landmark Harvard study says that neonicotinoids – the dominant ingredient found in many popular insecticides which treats much of the corn in the US — are to blame for colony collapse disorder in the honeybee population. The Environmental Protection ...