Tag: Bees - Page 7
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Beekeepers at River Cottage Show How to Split a Hive (Video)
Last week's post on beekeeping alternatives and top-bar hives drew a lot of attention, as did this video introduction to beekeeping. So I am guessing the fact that celebrity eco-chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is
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Beekeeping Alternatives: Top-bar Hives, Warré Hives and Natural Approaches to Honey Bees
Whether it's my post on learning top-bar hive beekeeping online, the efforts of the Barefoot Beekeeper, or the Bee Whisperer's experiments in alternative beekeeping, there seems to be an appetite out there for information on
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A Must See Introduction to Beekeeping and Honey Bees (Video)
I may be licking my wounds as a failed beekeeper, but with Colony Collapse Disorder continuing to decimate the global bee population, none of us can afford to ignore the plight of the honey bees. Whether you have plans to keep bees
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Learn Natural Top-Bar Hive Beekeeping Online
Whether we are talking about Colony Collapse Disorder, keeping native bees, solar-powered bee hives or Barack Obama as beekeeper, there are plenty of folks interested in beekeeping out
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Are Solar-Powered Bee Hives a Good Idea?
With Colony Collapse Disorder continuing to wreak havoc on bee colonies, some beekeepers have been looking to hardier, less domesticated bees to build up a stronger gene pool. From the
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Keeping Native Australian Stingless Bees (Video)
With the epic fight to stop Colony Collapse Disorder and save our honeybees still continuing, there's been a renewed interest in bee genetics. In particular, many beekeepers and gardeners are wondering whether hardier,
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Species of Invasive Bee Leaves Carnage in its Wake
When Terry Allen planted a flowerbed outside his home 20 years ago, he could never have imagined it would become the sight of a blood-soaked bee battleground. Terry, an entomologist from Sacramento, discovered some European wool
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Produce Pulleyed From Rooftop To Your Table At New York's Bell Book and Candle
What is special about Bell, Book and Candle, Chef John Mooney's new restaurant in the West Village, is not immediately apparent. This is because the peaceful 94 seat dining room doesn't
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Some US Bumblebees See 96% Drop in Last Decades
With angst around colony collapse disorder and the plight of the honeybees causing some to explore the idea of "human bee pollinators" (seriously, many farmers in China do now pollinate
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How Can Cities Save Bees? Row Errupts Over London's Bee Strategy
Cities everywhere may be lifting bans on urban beekeeping, but what with the mysterious red bees of Brooklyn, not to mention bee murder in San Francisco, you'd be forgiven for thinking
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Genetic Breakthrough Could Save Honeybees From Colony-Destroying Mites
The varroa mite has been the bane of honeybee colonies, and has even been blamed to a certain extent for colony collapse disorder. Beekeepers have few weapons against the mite, but researchers have just created what could be the
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Help the Bee Whisperer Save More Bees (Video)
When I finally admitted defeat the other day and wound up having to compost my bees, I vowed to learn all I could from other beekeepers before getting another hive. Ever since I installed my first bee hive, I've been amazed by
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How to Compost Your Bees. Lessons from a Failed Beekeeper.
Over the weekend I got to combine two of my biggest passions—composting and beekeeping. I'd like to say this was an exciting new permaculture experiment, but sadly it was just a case of facing up to my failure at
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Beekeepers & Activists Demand EPA Remove Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths
The puzzle of the red bees of Brooklyn may now be solved, but conclusive answers regarding the larger honeybee mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder remain elusive. Nevertheless, in my roundup
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The Red Bees of Brooklyn, and a Search for a Solution
Earlier in the week, the New York Times reported that bees in Brooklyn had started turning red, and their honey was looking like bright red goo. It turned out that
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Colony Collapse Disorder and the Epic Fight to Save the Bees
Ever since TreeHugger first started reporting on the mysterious honeybee deaths afflicting beekeepers worldwide, there have been countless suggestions of possible causes, and cures, for this
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October Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Environmentalists marched in Istanbul to demand solutions to climate change (L) while members of Greenpeace (R) face jail time for protesting plans to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. Photos: 350.org (L), Greenpeace Akdeniz
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Designers And Bees Build Crib Together, Call it "Interspecies Collaboration" (Photos)
What, I hear you ask, is an 'Interspecies Collaboration'? Well, RCA design graduates Vanessa Harden, Kevin Hill and Ben Faga have the answer in their project Built By. This amazing endeavour see humans and bees
