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Colony Collapse Disorder

...had simply vanished. Bees as migratory labor Honeybees have been transported to crops since ancient Egyptian times. Now key to modern agriculture, honeybees have been tethered to farms ever since...

...had simply vanished. Bees as migratory labor Honeybees have been transported to crops since ancient Egyptian times. Now key to modern agriculture, honeybees have been tethered to farms ever since...

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Nutrition Picks – Apitherapy: Nutritional and medicinal properties of bee products

In addition to their important work as pollinators, honey-bees produce some amazingly nutritious food products. Honey, bee pollen, propolis and royal jelly can be collected from honeybees and used for [...]

In addition to their important work as pollinators, honey-bees produce some amazingly nutritious food products. Honey, bee pollen, propolis and royal jelly can be collected from honeybees and used for [...]

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The unexpected consequences of antibiotics

The damage antibiotics could do to our microbiome — the trillions of microbes living in our gut — is just being discovered. Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, asthma and obesity are [...]

The damage antibiotics could do to our microbiome — the trillions of microbes living in our gut — is just being discovered. Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, asthma and obesity are [...]

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Sound Consumer, April 2018 | Issue No. 538 | Pollinators

...propolis and royal jelly can be collected from honeybees and used for a wide range of medicinal and nutritional properties. In addition to their important work as pollinators, honey-bees produce...

...propolis and royal jelly can be collected from honeybees and used for a wide range of medicinal and nutritional properties. In addition to their important work as pollinators, honey-bees produce...

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What I learned from the bees: patience

Ninety percent of flowering plants and 40 percent of the foods we eat depend on pollinators — mostly honeybees. They pollinate everything from almonds and apples to tomatoes and watermelon. [...]

Ninety percent of flowering plants and 40 percent of the foods we eat depend on pollinators — mostly honeybees. They pollinate everything from almonds and apples to tomatoes and watermelon. [...]

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Saving the bees from pesticides linked to Colony Collapse

A growing body of research points to a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids as the main culprit causing CCD. Some cities and nations are banning neonics and garden retailers across [...]

A growing body of research points to a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids as the main culprit causing CCD. Some cities and nations are banning neonics and garden retailers across [...]

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Question for urban farmers: To bee?

If you notice more bees on your flowering plants this spring, it might be because a neighbor has taken up the latest craze in urban farming: beekeeping. It's a growing [...]

If you notice more bees on your flowering plants this spring, it might be because a neighbor has taken up the latest craze in urban farming: beekeeping. It's a growing [...]

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News bites, March 2014

Supreme Court to hear labeling suit, Canada sued for GE salmon, Kauai restricts GE crops, and more ...a Welsh beekeeper. Many apiarists reportedly suspect fellow beekeepers are behind the thefts. [...]

Supreme Court to hear labeling suit, Canada sued for GE salmon, Kauai restricts GE crops, and more ...a Welsh beekeeper. Many apiarists reportedly suspect fellow beekeepers are behind the thefts. [...]

PCC Taste

Best bee-havior

...recognize that by contributing directly to the health of all pollinators, most notably honeybees. There are big and little ways that the makers of plant- or honey-based products help their...

...recognize that by contributing directly to the health of all pollinators, most notably honeybees. There are big and little ways that the makers of plant- or honey-based products help their...

Sound Consumer

Letters to the Editor

...PCC to consider taking almond milk off the shelves because of the damage the crop does to honeybees. Perhaps whole almonds need to go, too. At the same time that...

...PCC to consider taking almond milk off the shelves because of the damage the crop does to honeybees. Perhaps whole almonds need to go, too. At the same time that...

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News bites, December 2013

LA considers banning GE, Nut thefts continue, Modern wheat different?, and more ...New York Times) Diesel disorients honeybees Diesel pollution snuffs out floral odors, interfering with honeybees’ ability to find [...]

LA considers banning GE, Nut thefts continue, Modern wheat different?, and more ...New York Times) Diesel disorients honeybees Diesel pollution snuffs out floral odors, interfering with honeybees’ ability to find [...]

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Sound Consumer, June 2010

...flowering plants and 40 percent of the foods we eat depend on pollinators — mostly honeybees. They pollinate everything from almonds and apples to tomatoes and watermelon. Bees also are...

...flowering plants and 40 percent of the foods we eat depend on pollinators — mostly honeybees. They pollinate everything from almonds and apples to tomatoes and watermelon. Bees also are...

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News Bites

Soda tax impact • Gluten-free beers • Urban light affects seasons • Medicinals for bees • Europe’s BPA standards • GMO labeling change • School flour mill • Pork industry [...]

Soda tax impact • Gluten-free beers • Urban light affects seasons • Medicinals for bees • Europe’s BPA standards • GMO labeling change • School flour mill • Pork industry [...]

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News bites, June 2011

Organic growth, Washington organics decline, Food sovereignty, and more ...entomologists are confirming more incidences of a new phenomenon among honeybees: they’re trying to protect themselves from high levels of pesticides [...]

Organic growth, Washington organics decline, Food sovereignty, and more ...entomologists are confirming more incidences of a new phenomenon among honeybees: they’re trying to protect themselves from high levels of pesticides [...]