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05/26/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A simple guide to creating a pollinator-friendly garden

Bees and butterflies do more than fly around flowers. As a homesteader, it is important to understand the role of pollinators in keeping the plants in your garden thriving. Pollination is the process by which insects – like bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and honeybees – called pollinators help move pollen from one plant to another to facilitate fertilization. If your […]

01/23/2017 / By Daniel Barker

EPA acknowledges deadly effects of pesticides on bees, but refuses to restrict their use

In a disconnect of mammoth proportions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just acknowledged the threat to bee populations posed by neonicotinoid pesticides, while simultaneously reversing its position regarding a proposal to limit their use. On January 12, the EPA admitted for the first time that three commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides – clothianidin, thiamethoxam […]

03/10/2016 / By Tara Paras

Most honey contains an alarming level of glyphosate

Researchers from Boston University and Abraxis LLC recently discovered significant amounts of glyphosate in honey. For their study, the researchers tested five categories of food items: honey, corn and pancake syrup, soy milk, tofu and soy sauce. 62% of the conventional honeys and 45% of the organic honeys sampled had levels of glyphosate above the minimum established […]

09/10/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Univ. of Nebraska entomologist studies the effect pesticides have on honey bee behavior

Once exposed to pesticides, the social interactions between bees decline, according Erin Ingram, an entomologist with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, who’s closely studied whether there is a link between pesticides in orchards and the behavior of honey bees. Ingram studied bees in Petri dishes, observing the way they behave following pesticide exposure; she observed that […]

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