NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" 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...

Nanocoating to Protect Beehives

" " 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...

Today's revolutionaries are growing their own food

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...

German Beehives Hit by Mass Die-Off

"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...

Same swarm - second verse

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...

Bear Convicted of Honey Theft

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...

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