New life for the ancient black honeybee; UK hive population slumps 30 per...
The Independent (London), May 18, 2009 Monday By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs CorrespondentFor decades, Britain's native black bee has been an outcast. The Victorians threw Apis mellifera mellifera...
View ArticleDecline in bees will hit Scots soft fruit output, warns MSP
Aberdeen Press and Journal, May 20, 2009 WednesdayDECLINING bee numbers is one of the "most worrying" environmental changes on the planet and will drastically hit food production, including Scotland's...
View ArticleWelsh cash boost for plan Bee
Daily Post (Liverpool) May 25, 2009, North Wales EditionThe Assembly Government has announced a pounds 486,000 boost for beleaguered Welsh honeybees.Weiterlesen
View ArticleMore wild flowers to be planted to save honey bees, says WI
More wild flowers should be planted on derelict land, roadside verges and other public spaces to save honey bees, the Women's Institute believes. The number of bumblebees in the UK has declined by...
View ArticleHoney bee situation is not so sweet
Bradford Telegraph and Argus, June 10, 2009It's almost a century since Rupert Brook ended a poem by asking whether there would still be honey for tea. Unfortunately that question is now very...
View Article20,000 HONEYBEES BUZZING IN TO KEW GARDENS
June 16, 2009 Press Association Newsfile, Emily Beament, Press Association Environment CorrespondentHoneybees are making a comeback to Kew Gardens today as part of a campaign to encourage people to...
View ArticleUK Soil Association starts petition for a ban on neonicotinoids
The Netherlands is not the only country that started a petition to ask policy makers to take measures to stop honeybee decline. The UK Soil Association has started a petition calling on the Government...
View ArticlePesticides fingered in UK honeybee wipeout - Further suspicion falls on...
A new study appears to have confirmed suspicions that the neonicotinoid group of pesticides is in part responsible for the dramatic decline in UK honeybee numbers, the Telegraph reports. Insect...
View ArticleTo bee or not to bee, that's the worry
Vital research into the decline of pollinating insects will be carried out by scientists from the University of Northampton after £57,000 of funding was awarded by a charitable trust. The Finnis Scott...
View ArticleDowning Street number 10 garden goes organic, joining the White House
Following a meeting in Downing Street today, the Soil Association has welcomed the fact that the gardens at the Prime Minister's residence has become organic. 10 Downing Street has now joined the White...
View ArticleBee green in the city: the perfect Liverpool livestock
The UK Government conservation agency’s chief scientist, Tom Tew, is urging people living in towns and cities to take up bee- keeping to halt the perilous decline in numbers. “There’s no reason why our...
View ArticleThe bee all or end all?
The Times, May 6, 2010 Can the struggling honeybee be pulled back from the brink by a hive of scientific industry?Weiterlesen
View ArticleHave we learned nothing since 'Silent Spring'?
The Independent, 7 Jan 2011 Nicotine, found in tobacco, is a deadly substance – and not only for smokers. It has long been known as a powerful natural insecticide, and its presence in the tobacco crop...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the British Bee Keepers Association
Since 2001, the British Bee Keepers Association has been receiving in the region of £17,500 per annum from pesticide manufacturers Bayer, Syngenta, BASF and Belchim in return for the BBKA's endorsement...
View ArticleVarroa Mite and Neonicotinoid Pesticides
[From Buzzaboutbees.net Feb 2011] Varroa mite is one of the biggest threats to honey bee colonies. In the UK, it was first discovered in 1992. Exposure to this pest causes viruses and diseases to be...
View ArticleNeonicotinoid implicated in Honeybee mass poisoning incidents
An investigation by Buglife – the Invertebrate Conservation Trust has revealed that contrary to statements made by Government scientists from the National Bee Unit on yesterday’s Channel 4 News item -...
View ArticleWild bees and not honeybees the main pollinators of UK crops
Researchers from the University of Reading have shown that wild bees are the unsung heroes for our food security and not honeybees as previously thought.Weiterlesen
View ArticleBrits Lagerhuis wil unaniem een verbod op neonicotinoiden
Vrijdag 5 april 2013 verscheen het rapport van de Britse parlementaire enquette naar de misstanden bij de toelating van neonicotinoide insecticiden. Het parlementaire onderzoek waarin in uren lange...
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