To beekeep or not to beekeep? That was the question posed recently to the City Council in Mission Viejo, California. An ordinance to allow and regulate residential beekeeping within city limits failed to pass after citizens and councilmembers expressed concerns about public safety at a May 11 meeting. “We’ve heard a pretty big outcry against…
Radioactive Residue From Bomb Tests Decades Ago Are Found in Honey
The United States conducted many nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Recently, it was discovered that the legacy of these tests can remain for decades in American honey, according to a report. After World War II, the United States and other countries, including China and the former Soviet Union, performed hundreds of aboveground nuclear…
Pesticides May Be Slowly Killing Bees, Study Says
Australian research has found that an insecticide may slowly contribute to bee population decline even at low doses. A study by the University of Melbourne exposed bees to only small amounts of neonicotinoid insecticides (the most frequently used class of pesticides globally) including imidacloprid, akin to what one might expect in nature. The insects still…
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