Well the world didn’t end – something that would have seriously have upset me having just paid millions for the varroa strips, but if our bees keep disappearing, it may well do so. CCD continues to occupy the minds of scientists all over the world and the solution to it all seems as [...]
Good intentions from the EU but is it really doing enough to halt species loss?
Extinction rates 100 to 1000 times the natural rate…
Pollination worth 15 billion euros ($22 billion) per year to the EU…
$2-6 trillion in business opportunities could be realised should the private sector invest in preserving biodiversity…
Overfishing leads [...]
This document is a question and answer session on the EU policy on diversification. As beekeepers – or even just as citizens, it affects us all and if they can get it right we will all benefit. Ed. Q&A on the Communication an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
1. Why does biodiversity loss [...]
The wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi, a new study tells us. In some really painstaking research, a group of international scientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants—it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them [...]
Gardeners must unite to save Britain’s wildlife, experts urge. To encourage urban biodiversity, neighbours should co-ordinate their gardening efforts to create a network of interlinking habitats where birds, bees and mammals can flourish.
“Gardens don’t exist in isolation, they link together to form interconnected habitat networks that should be planned [...]
