The Bee Project
If you drive through the historical Bohemian Village in Cedar Rapids, you can see large bright yellow hexagonal structures covered with hundreds of bees made from recycled materials.
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Listening to Bees
The smallest livestock on our farm are also the most fascinating to observe, from their daily diligence and complexity of social organization to the extraordinary “waggle dance” they use to communicate the location of nectar and new homes. Today, as we prepare to harvest the last of this year’s honey, I’m reminded that the bees have a lot to teach us. We only have to listen.
There’s Something Wrong with the Bees: On Sun Hives and Crisis Houses
In considering the Sun Hive alongside my personal experiences of distress, I do not mean to use the bees as a metaphor, to plunder nature for her poetry. Instead I wish to suggest that our reductive attitudes towards both bees and human health may be symptomatic of a prevailing mindset of exploitation and control.
How Rising CO2 Levels May Contribute to Die-Off of Bees
As they investigate the factors behind the decline of bee populations, scientists are now eyeing a new culprit — soaring levels of carbon dioxide, which alter plant physiology and significantly reduce protein in important sources of pollen.
Honeybees Face Global Threat: If They Die, So Do We
What is the most important animal to humans? Bees.
Honeybee Collapse is the Result of Their Enslavement in Industrial Monocultures
The problem of Colony Collapse Disorder is a symptom of transient pollinators-for-hire who are forced to live in giant bee slums and to survive on diets of junk food.
Buzzing Artist Swarms City Walls to Save the Bees
With a little help from a spray can, a London-based street artist is swarming urban walls with a simple but important message: Save the bees.
Don’t Forget Butterflies! Our Pollination Crisis Is About More Than Honeybees
While the plight of bees has gotten deserved attention of late, many species of pollinators face the same threats: habitat destruction, climate-induced changes in flowering and weather patterns, and in some cases, pesticides.
Will Open Source Beehives Solve Colony Collapse?
Unfortunately, there’s a lot more to the problem than simply running out of honey.
Scientists Discover Key Molecule Linking Neonicotinoids to Honey Bee Viruses
A team of scientists in Italy believe they have found the molecular mechanism through which neonicotinoid pesticides adversely impacts the immune system of honey bees.
Worldwide Honey Bee Collapse: A Lesson in Ecology
We know what is killing the bees.
Declining Bee Populations Pose A Threat to Global Agriculture
The danger that the decline of bees and other pollinators represents to the world’s food supply was highlighted this week when the European Commission decided to ban a class of pesticides suspected of playing a role in so-called “colony collapse disorder.”