By Sara Tipton An unusually high honey bee die-off in Canada is going to impact the world’s farming system. Bees are necessary pollinators and help in all agricultural industries. In 2020, the total estimated contribution from the Canadian honey and bee industry was between $4 to…
By Naturalist Activist with Patricia Burke, reprinted by permission Remember all the hype about “the race to 5G” and how important it was supposed to be for economic dominance in the 21st century? Whoever “won” was going to have a huge advantage over other countries…
University of Bristol Despite huge garden-to-garden variation in both the quantity and timing of nectar production, pollinators are guaranteed a reliable food supply if they visit multiple gardens. This contrasts with previous studies on farmland, where pollinators are exposed to boom-and-bust cycles of nectar production…
Complied by Patricia Burke In August of 2021, a court in the US ruled that the FCC decision not to review its radio frequency exposure guidelines was “arbitrary, capricious, and not evidence-based.” In October of 2021, the EU ruled that citizen concern about 5G was…
By Sara Tipton Since getting honeybees, we have had a few fails, but many successes. Through trial and error and research, we have found a great bee candy recipe to help winter over your honeybees. Make this in advance if you have early and long…
By Jayne Rising Besides drought, disease. and supply chain disruptions, another problem that could cause food shortages is a lack of pollinators. 87% of plants require pollination to reproduce. 1/3 of food crops require pollination. In the US, beekeepers have lost 30-42% of their colonies…
By Jennifer Wood, Denise Rowland, Christine Zipps You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. – Ayn Rand For over five decades, neuroscientist Dr. Olle Johansson has conducted tireless research, producing over 800 publications, despite many obstacles. As most people today…
By Natural Activist with Patricia Burke How connected are you to the natural world? Try a little experiment. Draw a honeybee, and then go find one (or a photo of one) and see how closely what you drew resembles the real thing. Does a honeybee…
By Tanja Katarina Rebel with Patricia Burke (Controversial “Connected Cowes” is bringing 5G to the international sailing regatta being held in the U.K. this week) People came dressed up as bees to highlight the harm caused by pulsed, high-frequency radiation which is being rolled out…
By Andrea Germanos Beekeepers this year in the United States reported the second highest annual loss of managed honey bee colonies since records began in 2006, according to results of a nationwide survey released Wednesday. The non-profit Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) said in its preliminary…
By Tyler Durden Beekeeping is an ancient cultural practice that dates back 9,000 years and has recently seen a resurgence in popularity over concerns about biodiversity and food security. Taking a long-term look at beekeeping trends in world regions, however, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes,…
By Patricia Burke The Planet of the Apes! The Planet of the Tobacco Scientists!! The Planet of the Tobacco Scientists Who Became Tobacco Scientists for the Wireless Industry!!! The Planet of the Environmentalists Who Believed the Tobacco Scientists for the Wireless Industry!!!!!! A remarkable development…
By Patricia Burke Recent Headlines on Earth: Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly! Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash. [i]-Scientific American The Green Dilemma of 5G Densification, by Paul Ben Ishai…
By Lu Xiao The United States conducted many nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Recently, it was discovered that the legacy of these tests can remain for decades in American honey, according to a report. After World War II, the United States and other countries,…
By Patricia Burke How do bees feel about 5G? – a dozen thoughts… 1 – The Insect Inspector – 5G Licensed to Kill. “The Insect Inspector investigates what you are not being told about the 5G grid…dismissing the link of insect decline to invisible wireless…
By Jenna McGuire Commonly used herbicides across the U.S. contain highly toxic undisclosed “inert” ingredients that are lethal to bumblebees, according to a new study published Friday in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The study reviewed several herbicide products and found that most contained glyphosate,…
By Andrea Germanos Despite lower applied amounts of pesticides in U.S. agriculture, their toxicity to non-target species including honeybees more than doubled in a decade, according to a new study. The findings by a team of researchers from Germany’s University Koblenz-Landau were published Friday in…
By Maggie Pavlick The economic value of insect pollinators was $34 billion in the U.S. in 2012, much higher than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. The team also found that areas that are economically most reliant…
By Steve Lundeberg Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the blue orchard bee, an important native pollinator, produces female offspring at higher rates in the aftermath of wildfire in forests. The more severe the fire had been, the greater percentage of females—more than…
The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of pesticides could be a double punch to wild bee populations. In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that the combined threats reduced blue orchard bee reproduction by 57 percent and…
