What's in your honey?
Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf …
Nigeria becomes fourth African nation to join global coalition to protect pollinators
Even as pollinator populations are declining globally, data about them, especially in the developing world, is insufficient
Early to wake is neither healthy nor wise for bumblebees
Climate change affecting hibernation for the pollinators in North America, finds study; impact on human agriculture
US beekeepers lost 40% honey bee colonies in a year: Survey
Beekeepers lost 37.7 per cent colonies during the winter, between April 2018 and April 2019 — the highest winter decline in the last 13 …
Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?
Now we know much more about Colony Collapse Disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees' fortunes around
Pollinator Sanctuary: A new sustainable solution model from Canada
The concept could not only help in providing forage, shelter and nesting places for local bees and birds, but also play a pivotal role in …
How African honey bees can help mitigate global colony losses
The way the Africa honeybee's deal with parasites and pathogens can teach western beekeepers and researchers how to adapt their bees
Book Excerpt: As bee populations continue to fall, we are heading for serious trouble
Ranjit Lal's new book on bees and other insects talks about these unusual creatures with humour and understanding
Insect stings inspire syringe-needle designs
Indian and interntaional scientists say that bee and wasp sting mechanism could help in developing a syringe-needle system, which can be used in …
Honey traders oppose GM mustard, to observe day-long protest on Sep 28
The beekeepers across India pointed out the adverse impact that GM cotton had on bees when it was introduced in 2002
Is air pollution contributing to the ‘insect apocalypse’? Yes, experts tell DTE
Pollutants affect certain insects more than others; they can kill them or mess with their ability to sniff flowers, lowering pollination …
How bees can monitor pollution for us — everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance
Honey bees can reveal patterns of contamination that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Why insects are crucial for ecological balance
Several species of insects are at the brink of extinction; this can have a cascading effect on upper levels of the food pyramid and shake …
Do honeybees tightly regulate their diet? Researchers trying to find out
Research findings might equip beekeepers with valuable insights, enabling them to provide essential dietary supplements
Global warming can reduce coffee growing areas in the world’s largest coffee-producing region: study
Bee-friendly farm practices and conserving forests suitable for coffee production can reduce vulnerability to climate change, it said
World Bee Day 2021: Why do bees fascinate us?
Three out of four crops producing fruits or seeds depend, at least in part, on pollinators. They are the key to our food security as well as to …
Forest fires, soaring heat to affect honey output from Similipal
Honey gathering is one of the main occupations of tribal people in the Similipal Biosphere Reserve
Why bees? Why honey?
CSE’s probe is not just about honey or its adulteration; it is about the ‘nature’ of the business of future food
Not only honey bees, native bees may also be facing a ‘pandemic’: Scientists
The extent of pathogen impact on solitary bees is unknown, but it is crucial as they comprise majority of the approximately 20,000 bee species on …
CSE says honey brands sharing their own versions of lab tests is no surprise
The non-profit was responding to brands such as Dabur and Apis India responding to its expose of honey aduleteration with reports of their own
Threat to wild bees from commercial apiculture, says study
Diseases transmitted from commercially-reared bees could wipe out wild bee populations, it says…
Hard time for honeybees
Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …
Adulteration of honey with sugar syrup most pressing threat: Beekeepers
Beekeepers from a number of states spoke said they were losing jobs due to honey aduleterated with sugar syrups being sold in the market
Book Digest: Dispatches from 40 forgotten civilisations, Wuhan under lockdown and more
From stories of wildlife in unforeseen form to rise of environmental illnesses, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …
Apple orchardists in Himachal worry after unseasonal rain and snow kill Italian honeybees
Apple, stone fruit growers rent Italian bees from apiarists for pollination of their crops in April