You’re in the baking aisle of the grocery store, and while shopping for sweeteners you see an entire shelf filled floor-…
Bees
Preventing Honey Bee Deaths Focus of New White House Task Force
President Obama has made a big move in solving the mystery of honey bee deaths, commonly referred to as colony collapse …
Laura’s Favs: Tweets and Comments (May 9, 2014)
Happy Friday, everyone! If you’re new to OA, we take time once a week to thank our fans for all the posts, comment…
12 Bee-Friendly Plants for an Awesome Herb Garden
Worried about the plight of the honeybees? You can help bees and other pollinators (and yourself) by planting herbs and …
Honey Bees Getting $3 Million to Get Off HFCS and Eat Better
Humans aren’t the only ones consuming a lot of high-fructose corn syrup. The other species? Honey bees. While they…
Honeybees Threatened by Mutating ‘Jumping’ Plant Virus
There’s more bad news for honeybees. Already suffering from the mysterious condition called colony collapse disord…
EPA Seeks to Save Honey Bee Populations by Funding Major Research
Three U.S. universities have received close to half a million dollars in funding from the EPA to research ways to reduce…
First Bees, Now Humans: EU to Restrict Common U.S. Pesticides Linked to Neurological Damage
The European Union’s top food safety agency has announced plans to restrict two pesticides common on U.S. grown fr…
Fewer Bees Means More Expensive Almonds
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is doing more than killing off bees; it’s impacting many parts of the food system. …
37 Million Bee Deaths in Canada Linked to GMOs
Canadian beekeepers in Elmwood, Ontario, have lost upwards of 37 million bees just weeks after GMO corn was planted near…
