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 ...
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6 Sweet Reasons Every Homesteader Should Raise Bees
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 ...
Read More »How To Make All-Natural 2-Ingredient Lip Balm
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. ...
Read More »9 Ways To Take Your Self-Sufficiency To The Next Level
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 ...
Read More »The Secret (And Miraculous) Honeybee ‘Medicine’ That Can Heal Almost Anything
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 ...
Read More »Helping Your Bees Survive Even The Harshest Winter
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 — ...
Read More »Shocking: This Is What Your Grocery Would Look Like Without Bees
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 ...
Read More »Attracting And Keeping Bees In Your Garden
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 ...
Read More »EPA To EXPAND Use Of Bee-Killing Pesticides
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 ...
Read More »New Landmark Study Reveals Honeybee Colony Collapse Riddle
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 ...
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