Tag: Bees - Page 9
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Urban Beekeeping Can Save Crows from Extermination in Japan
Crows are considered a menace in Japan and for the last 10 years, the country has been waging a war against them. There's been a range of tactics, but one that catches our eye is using one animal species to
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Bees Equiped With Microchips Help Explain Hive Declines
In hopes of better understanding why bee populations are in decline, scientists are attaching microchips to bees to monitor their movements. The tiny device is glued to the back of the bees works with equipment
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Flapping Wind Turbine Inspired by Bumble Bee Wings
Images: Jetson Green Biomimicry is everywhere these days. It seems increasingly clear that design inspired by nature will play a great big role in our energy future. Case in point: Green Wavelength, an up-and-coming California engineering biz, has
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Super Honey Helps Fight Off MRSA Superbugs
Honey lovers, you have a whole new reason to feel dedicated to the sweet sticky stuff. We know that honey has been used as an antibacterial for cuts and scrapes for ages. The high sugar content strips much-needed
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Are Cell Phone Towers Honey Bees' Next Big Threat? New Study Says Yes.
As if honey bees don't have enough to worry about right now, it seems that cell phone towers may be problematic for the insects. According to a new study, a rapid drop in the bee population in Kerala, India is the result
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August Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
With floods besieging the Black Sea coast and fires raging in the Mediterranean, it was impossible to ignore the power of
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5th of UK Bees Died Last Winter - and That's Good?!
From Colony Collapse Disorder to stolen bee colonies to hipsters reinventing the bee hive, bees are in trouble. (OK, the last example might actually be a good thing, if it does what its makers claim!) Perhaps the most telling
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Asian Bee-Eating Hornets Spreading Rapidly in France
As if we didn't have enough to worry about with declines in bee populations... Reuters reports that colonies of bee-eating Asian hornets (Vespa veluntina) are spreading rapidly in southwestern France:Will Persistently Chase
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The Beehive Redesigned: New Hive for Urban Bees
Not content with having reinvented the modern chicken coop, the folks at UK-based Omlet are now launching an entirely new design of beehive, and it's creating quite a buzz. (Sorry!) According to the New York Times, it's all part of
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Can Social Networking Save the Bees? Let's Hope So Because Nearly 1/3 of the World's Food Supply Depends On It
photo: Zenzi Häagen-Dazs has long made saving endangered bees a mission. And that’s no small feat, considering that nearly one third of the world’s food supply is dependant on an extremely vulnerable bee population. Now Haagen-Dazs and
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Beautiful Short Film of Vancouver's Verdant Living Roof
Back in 2007 we wrote about the Vancouver Convention Center as it was being conceptualized. Two years later, Canada's largest living roof is a green oasis floating above the city. This enchanting short film by Dave Budge is a pleasure to watch as it
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Natural Sustainable Beekeeping: Alternatives to Medication and Swarm Control
When I wrote about the native black honeybee being held up as a savior for the UK beekeeping industry, it set me off musing about the general state of beekeeping theory. Being a newbie who only just got done
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Selenium in Pollen and Nectar Could Poison Californian Bees
Photo: Flickr, CC What's For Dinner, Honey? California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the highest natural levels of selenium (a chemical element that is highly toxic in large doses) found anywhere. It's in the soil and the groundwater, and it ends up
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Vaccinating With Remembee Against Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
With the deadly swine flu, bird flu and bee colony collapse disorder it kind of makes you feel like nature is biting back. Some good news for at least one of the big problems: the Israeli company Beeologics has developed a vaccine against colony
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From Hives to Honey Slideshow, Tweehive + More Bee Stories of the Week
This week has been buzzing with bee-like activity. On Tuesday Tweehive was launched on Twitter with people around the globe taking part in a bee role playing game. This new media experiment mixed social biomimicry with environmental campaigning to
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From Hives to Honey, Bees Help the World Go 'Round (Slideshow)
Bees might be the most interesting insects in the whole world. They're great architects, accidental chefs of some of the sweetest stuff on Earth, and, oh yeah, have a hand in almost the entire world's food
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Tweehive - Have you heard the Buzzzzzz on Twitter today?
Have you ever thought about being a bee for the day? No? Seriously? Oh come on... flying around collecting pollen, doing your waggle dance or building honeycomb? What about acting like a drone, just hanging out waiting to get it on with the Queen bee?
