You’ve probably never really had the urge to stick your head into a beehive, but now, thanks to Explore and its new live feed straight from...
Researchers have planted flower meadows in four UK cities in an effort to understand the effects of urbanisation on insect pollinators such as bees and butterflies....
Bumblebees imported from Europe may pose a threat to bees native to the UK, according to scientists. Around 50,000 bumblebee colonies are imported into the UK...
A majority of EU member states have backed proposals to restrict the use of a fourth insecticide that scientists have found is harmful to honeybees. Experts...
It’s made of over 1,000 empty bottles, 120 hubcaps, four car doors, two bonnets, two disused shopping trolleys and took 900 hours to build. And Ecover’s...
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched an “urgent review” and a national strategy to tackle the decline of honeybees and other pollinators....
Pollution, waste, resource scarcity and price volatility, deforestation, polar ice loss, biodiversity loss, abuse of humans, corporate malpractice, loss of the wilds, the collapse in bee...
Thousands of bees found dead in a car park in Oregon, US, were inadvertently killed by pesticides used to rid trees of aphids, according to the...
Shortlisted at the recent 2013 Observer Ethical Awards, Zoe Palmer is a role model for young people who want to engage with sustainability, wildlife and entrepreneurship....
Two studies have revealed that the use of some agricultural pesticides, even at normal levels, can cause biodiversity loss and impact invertebrates in Europe and overseas...
Researchers are looking into genetic diversification to create stronger bees that can survive colony collapse disorder, which sees seemingly healthy bees abandon hives, never to return....
Fipronil is the fourth pesticide that is harmful to honeybees, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established. It claims that fipronil, which belongs to the...
As well as playing host to the Arctic Monkeys, the Rolling Stones and countless other internationally-renowned performers, Glastonbury 2013 will include a recycled sculpture of a...
The European commission has confirmed that an EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides, that research shows are harmful to bees, will come into place on December...