By Bonnie Welch, Sustainable Food Trust
To live in harmony with nature, we too must become stewards of natural capital, acknowledging and nurturing vitally important species like bees, the original stewards of the land.
By Sean Hearn, Sustainable Food Trust
Honeybees have seen a dramatic rise in public awareness and beekeeping has exponentially increased in popularity, however the mindset of industrial farming is still alarmingly prevalent in beekeeping practice, and how it is discussed and taught to the next generation of beekeepers.
By Staff, Beyond Pesticides, EcoWatch
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.
By Andy Russell, Autonomy Acres
While I am not typically a doomer, and try to stay rooted in reality, the honey bees are in a bad place right now.
By Rex Weyler, EcoWatch
We know what is killing the bees.
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, women are taking the reins •The USDA's Latest Report on Energy Use in Agriculture •More Than Honey •Is the US About to Become One Big Factory Farm for China? •Peak Water, Peak Oil ...Now, Peak Soil?
By Andy Russell, www.autonomyacres.com
Good news! Two Friday nights ago the universe answered my plea for help in locating a new source of honey bees.
By Andy Russell, www.autonomyacres.com
Death. More death here at the Dead End Alley Farm. This time it was our bees. The bees that up until a few weeks ago I thought were going to come through the winter successfully. But as life has shown us recently, nothing is for certain when walking down the path of homesteading.