“Farming with nature is really not idealism,” says Lynn Cassells. “It’s not a nice thing to do on the side. It’s the core of our…
View More Cairngorms crofters: ‘We don’t follow a capitalist grow-grow-grow model’Tag: Bees
‘Honeybees are voracious’: is it time to put the brakes on the boom in beekeeping?
“Dinosaurs, robots and honeybees. I don’t know why, but everyone is fascinated,” says Richard Glassborow, chair of the London Beekeepers’ Association (LBKA). When it comes…
View More ‘Honeybees are voracious’: is it time to put the brakes on the boom in beekeeping?Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellers
To escape the Berlin bustle on a summer afternoon, all that Derek O’Doyle and his dog Frida have to do is lap the noisy building…
View More Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellersStinging wasps are precious, not pointless, say scientists
For those who have asked what the point of wasps is, there is now a comprehensive answer. They are voracious predators of pest insects, produce…
View More Stinging wasps are precious, not pointless, say scientistsM&S faces backlash over plan to release 30m honeybees
An attempt by Marks & Spencer to “do good for the environment” by releasing 30 million honeybees into the British countryside has backfired, with conservationists…
View More M&S faces backlash over plan to release 30m honeybeesQuarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990
The number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by a quarter since 1990, according to a…
View More Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990Government breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide
A pesticide believed to kill bees has been authorised for use in England despite an EU-wide ban two years ago and an explicit government pledge…
View More Government breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide