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80 Percent of Food Traders Fail in Saving Bees and Consumers’ Health from Pesticides

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 18:07:36 +0000

Last month, it was reported that “roboBees”, which can actually pollinate artificially, have been developed by Japanese researchers. The motivation for this effort is the fact that forty percent of bees’ species, our natural pollinators, are nearing extinction. One major factor driving their extinction is the uncontrolled usage of pesticides in conventional agriculture. In the […]

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Climate Change Creates New Problems for Bees

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:23:59 +0000

Bees have faced a number of environmental problems over the last several years, starting with the mysterious colony collapse disorder. Now pollution from climate change will further add to this important insects’ problems, as ground-level ozone makes flowers’ scent molecules degrade more quickly. Humanity relies on bee activity to a staggering extent, so this problem […]

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Pesticides or High-Fructose Corn Syrup Cause Bee Colonies Collapse?

Mila Luleva — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:53:29 +0000

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by a team from University of Illinois, found that the reason for the famous bee colony collapse disorder, and disappearance of bee families, is caused by the high-fructose corn syrup given to bees as their natural staple. Since the 70s when feeding bees […]

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