Finally. There’s some good news for the little guy. In this instance, the little guy happens to be the lowly honeybee, aka the pollinators that are essential to crops around the world. Pollinators that make it possible for us to have almonds in our cereal and melons at our cookouts. The die-off of honeybees has…
Take The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Pollinators are definitely in need of our help. These little honeybees, bumble bees, some bats, humming birds — you get the idea — work hard to pollinate all of the crops that are not pollinated by the wind. This basically means they bring us melons, almonds, apples, cherries – anything that’s not a grain. In…
Dear America: Driving Bees Around Is No Way To Live
Fourteen million honeybees were in for a rough ride when the tractor-trailer hauling their hives overturned last week. The crash sent bee-boxes, honeycombs, and honeybees flying. Efforts were made to bring minimal damage to the bees themselves, but that many bees, even under the best of circumstances, is a lot of bees to keep happy.…