Gaza beekeepers who survived blockade struggle with unstable climate
GazaReuters This time, it wasn’t the bulldozers or the bullets, but the rain and the wind. Weather kept the bees confined to their hives in the spring, when they should have been out foraging for nectar. More than 15 years of Israeli blockade has not quite killed off beekeeping in Gaza. But beekeepers say climate […]
Methodist art project gets UK city of Newcastle buzzing
Norwich, UK A Methodist arts project in Newcastle upon Tyne is highlighting the important role bees play in pollinating the world’s food supply as well as the threats they face – everything from agrochemicals, and loss of habitat to climate change and parasites. Organised by Shieldfield Arts Works (formerly known as Holy Biscuit), Bee Lines Through […]
“Ruined dreams”: Nepal’s blossoming honey industry crushed by wild weather
PRAMOD ACHARYA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of beekeepers in Nepal…
“Drastic” fall in bumblebee populations shocks scientists
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50 per cent in a single generation, he thought it must be a typo. He checked the numbers – the result of a long-term analysis of bumblebee populations published in the journal […]
STRANGESIGHTS: NYC’S A-BUZZING; SMILE FOR THE GOAT; AND, MAYO’S NAME CHANGE…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
SIGHT-SEEING: BEES AND THE BIBLE – AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT ‘COLONY COLLAPSE’
Writing from New Mexico in the US, BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at why Christians should care about the fate of bees…