Happy Global Last Resort Day
One hundred years after its extinction, the Carolina parakeet is more than an extinct species. It's a reminder that we have one last chance.
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Honeybees
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Catching the Buzz
As bee populations decline, so do their pollination services. Researchers have developed a new acoustic monitoring method to measure bees' productivity.
How Honey Bees Helped the Internet
It took decades before a bee algorithm assisted engineers in making Web hosting services more efficient. By Rick…
Is There Hope for the Honeybees?
A new bill aims to help our ailing honeybee population. By Madeleine Thomas (Photo: Brad Smith/Flickr) Pollinating insects…
Pollinating Local Is the New Buzz
An annual Woodstock for honeybees highlights one of the factors leading to the pollinators' decline in North America. Perhaps keeping bees at home is the solution.
Bee Healthy for Your Honey
Explanations for honeybee colony collapse range from artificial sweeteners to loss of cropland, but solutions may be on offer.
Virus Swarm May Lie Behind Honey Bee Catastrophe
Researchers examining the recently unveiled genome of the honey bee think they've uncovered a big clue in dealing with the colony collapse disorder ravaging U.S. hives.
Available at Your Pharmacy Now: Honey
A body of research from "Healing Honey" author Lynne Chepulis shows that honey can have a role in aiding weight loss, immune response and memory improvement.