bee decline

From chocolate to apples, the majority of our diet wouldn’t be possible without some of nature’s hardest workers: bees.

There’s evidence that bee and butterfly populations are in decline, a phenomenon that some have dubbed the “insect apocalypse.” In response, the...

You don't need bees and butterflies to grow corn and soybeans, but a majority of farmers do rely on pesticides, which don't discriminate between helpful...

There’s been an unexpected victim of President Trump’s decision to freeze all regulatory action within the Federal Government. The rusty-patched bumblebee…

A federal judge’s ruling last week is being hailed as a victory for insecticide companies and lamented as a loss for beekeepers and nature advocates,…

From Harvest Public Media:Late spring is swarm season, the time of year when bees reproduce and find new places to build hives. Swarms of bees leave the…

With the disappearance of America’s bees, a California tradition is changing, reports Colorado Public Radio. Beekeepers flock to California every spring…

Beekeepers on the High Plains might want to keep an eye on a story to the north. Two beekeepers in Minnesota have received compensation from the state’s…

From Harvest Public Media:The persistent decline of honeybees has scientists scrambling to understand what’s causing the problem and how to correct it.…

Over the past few years, bees and other pollinators have been disappearing from America, reports The Rural Blog. Last year the Obama administration called…