" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...
" " The problem? Bee colonies are dying, and have been decimated by 30 - 40 % since 2006 by what is called 'colony collapse disorder', threatening crops both in the United States and around the world. Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced the launch of new patented...
I never thought I would become interested in the old fashioned subject of agriculture but as I learn more about the costs of food logistics and the effects of industrial agriculture I am thinking more about the...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 791 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
"All up and down the Rhine river, farm fields usually buzzing with bees are quiet. Beginning late last week, helpless beekeepers could only watch as their hives were hit by an UNPRECEDENTED DIE-OFF. Many say...
created by steve468 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 225 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
The continuing saga of the second swarm, in which the bees are deprived of clustering opportunities above and have nowhere to go but into the hive.The swarm that we posted about yesterday offered us some additional excitement today.I went over to the farm early this morning...
created by jstovall | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 156 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Any volunteers to serve court papers to a bear? Seriously, though, this seems a waste of court time: bears are bears, and tend not to read posted signs or attend community meetings. "But the honey-stealing bear...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 361 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments