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Feds announce recovery plan for bumble bee, critics say it misses the mark. Scorecard: Are grocery retailers doing enough to save the bees?…
Xerces Society distributes thousands of pollinator-friendly plants for free (Santa Fe New Mexican) The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation dis…
Sep 17
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MA bumble bees in trouble. Neonics have sub-lethal effects on non-honey bees. Butterflies more murderous than they look. Stop carpenter bee…
Massachusetts bumble bees are in trouble (Zach Portman) “A recent visit to my home state of Massachusetts inspired me to examine how bumblebees there h…
Sep 10
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Will we find Franklin's bumble bee again? Rare bee rediscovered in UK. Help scientists learn about plasterer bees. And the murder hornet mu…
How likely is it that we'll find Franklin's bumble bee again? Last week we all read the news that Franklin’s bumble bee was officially added to the End…
Sep 3
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Franklin's bumble bee now protected. Thousands of Australian native bees emerge. Stingless bees produce rare healthy sugar. A few Canadians…
Franklin’s bumble bee now protected as endangered species (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Franklin’s bumble bee has the smallest geographic range of a…
Aug 27
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UK reservoirs create network of habitat. Angry bees produce more lucrative venom. Bumble bees navigate using human pathways. Bumble bee fli…
The Bee Together project aims to create a network of pollinator habitats stretching from Yorkshire to Lancashire. Yorkshire Water has provided £30,000 …
Aug 20
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This bee builds sandcastles. The supply and demand of nectar production. Sunflowers face east to attract more bees. And the return of wild …
Keeping you connected to the world of bees Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here. Conservation The return of wild pansies at Polk City Cemetery…
Aug 13
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City bees benefit most from specific urban greening. Bayer pulling glyphosate. Odor learning bees have longer foraging careers. Flower flie…
Conservation City-living bees benefit most from specific types of urban ‘greening’ (ScienceDaily, Ohio State University) Converting vacant urban lots i…
Aug 6
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Is it time to put the brakes on the beekeeping boom? Bumble bees stay on task with caffeine. Red mason bees think oak is a-ok. Learning opt…
Conservation ‘Honeybees are voracious’: Is it time to put the brakes on the boom in beekeeping? (The Guardian) There is growing concern from scientists…
Jul 30
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Blue butterfly goes extinct because of people. Consolidating farms in China has negative impact on wild pollinators. Bees recorded drinking…
Conservation This butterfly is the first U.S. insect known to go extinct because of people (Science News) The Xerces blue butterfly used to live only o…
Jul 23
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Midwest bumble bees declined with increased farming over past century. New study revisits 2013 pesticide bee kill in Oregon. Bumpy flowers …
Conservation Midwest bumble bees declined with more farmed land, less diverse crops since 1870 (University of Wisconsin-Madison) As farmers cultivated …
Jul 16
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Not all sunflowers are the bee's knees. New bees in Vermont. Important pollinators in Tajikistan. And Goblin bees.
Conservation Good food in a nice setting: Wild bees need diverse agricultural landscapes (ScienceDaily, University of Göttingen) Mass-flowering crops s…
Jul 9
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Early land clearance helped Fijian bee. Alaska bumble bees are thriving. Single honey bee is making an immortal clone army. How to prepare …
Conservation Early land clearance helped Fijian pollinators (EurekAlert, Flinders University) After centuries of human impact on the world’s ecosystems…
Jul 2
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