Tag: Bees - Page 6
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Crazy Bearded Man Catches Bee Swarm (Video)
When I lived in Vancouver Forstbauer Family Natural Food Farm was a must-stop stall at the farmers' market. Mary and Hans started their biodynamic farm almost 35 years ago. Along with farmers, we very much like
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Vanishing of the Bees Directors' Top 5 Picks in the Fight to Save the Bee
Image credit: Vanishing of the Bees The Vanishing of the Bees documentary has been creating a huge buzz around the plight of the honeybee. From narrator Ellen Page's eloquent appeal for honeybees to the directors' successful fundraising effort to create
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An Inside Look at "Tough Love" Beekeeping & a Honey Harvest (Video)
As part of Discovery's Bees on the Brink coverage, we wanted to look not just at conventional beekeeping methods, but some of the experimental work going on in the community too. Many beekeepers and experts, including
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Help Bees. Get a Tattoo?!
As we and our partners across the Discovery network explore the plight of Bees on the Brink, it's not surprising that many businesses have stepped up to do their part to help honeybees. From a British supermarket
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Honey Becomes Jewellery in an Effort to Save the Bees
As Discovery's network-wide Bees on the Brink coverage continues, we want to focus not just on what problems honeybees face, but also on what each of us can do to help them. From funding an educational version of the
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"Tough Love" Beekeeping Lets Weak Bees Die
Bees may not be headline news anymore, but from disease to mites to pesticides to the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, the challenges they face are as serious as ever. As Discovery launches a network-wide push on the fight
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The Stunning Beauty of Pollination Caught on Film (Video)
As Discovery launches a network-wide push entitled Bees on the Brink, we're turning our attention back to honeybees, the challenges they face, and what we can do to help them. From the deep dependence of our food
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Nature, Biodiversity And NYC? Wildflower Week and PlaNYC Prove These Go Together In Perfect Harmony
Spring is in the air. Flowers and ideas are blooming in NYC. NYC has a new nature focus. The
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Last Chance to Help Bees and Get Ellen Page's Autograph as Thanks. (Video)
Image credit: Vanishing of the Bees The Vanishing of the Bees documentary created a huge buzz over the plight of the honeybees, not least because it had the help of actress Ellen Page as narrator and spokesperson for our pollinator friends. But the
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The Pro-Environment Case for Errecting Deer Fences
Intuitively, I've never been to fond of fences. Symbolically, they were always a reminder of humans' tendency to dominate nature, and on a practical level they seemed like they would restrict the movement of wildlife and
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Colony Collapse iPhone Game Puts Male Bees in the Hot Seat
Remember Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie? It wasn't just the Bee Movie's collaboration with McDonalds that had a lot of nature lovers confused—it was also the fact that it featured heroic male "pilots" flying off to
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Top Bar Hive Builder Slams Commercial Beekeepers (Video)
When I wrote about top-bar hives and "natural" beekeeping, commenter Craig Knox argued that it was irresponsible to project our opinions on what is, and what is not, natural on the bees. Indeed, there are many well
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Urban Beekeeper, Noni Leather Maker, and Yogurt Cup Clothes Designers Vie For Visionary Award
Just when awards season seem to be over, here comes the VISIONary Awards. Among the nominees there is an urban beekeeper, an organic Noni farmer, and an active wear company reusing trash bags and
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Bees May Be "Entombing" Their Own Hives to Escape Pesticides
During our live chat with bee expert and Tyler Prize laureate Professor May Berenbaum, she cautioned against over simplistic arguments regarding the
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Join Bee Expert & Tyler Prize Laureate Professor May Berenbaum for a Live Discussion on the Crucial Role of Insects, Tuesday March 29th, 2.30PM EST
With the epic fight to save the bees still in progress, honeybees and other insects always kick up an interesting discussion here on TreeHugger. But few can claim to be as knowledgeable or
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Ellen Page Speaks Out on the Vanishing of the Bees (Video)
We're excited here at TreeHugger about our live chat today with leading bee expert and entomologist Professor May Berenbaum today at 2.30 est. But (luckily!) we're not the only ones stepping up to talk about the plight
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Whole Foods' "Do Something Reel" Film Festival On Tour
Since An Inconvenient Truth won the Academy Award, eco-docs have been all the rage from The Cove taking an Oscar to Gasland making the short list of
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Awesome Video Explores Urban Beekeeping in London (Video)
Urban beekeeping is increasingly popular around the world, with many cities lifting bans on inner-city beehives. London, in particular, has made a name for itself as a haven for urban beekeeping—even if some
