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Trees for Bees

We can all do our bit to boost the nutritional forage for bees. Here are a few trees you can plant in your garden.

How To Attract Bees Into Your Garden

A fascinating discovery reveals the special way certain flowers can attract bees.

Homeless people’s organic garden provides food for shelter residents

The spoils of this organic garden go way beyond just food, teaching skills, knowledge and bringing this community together.

Time-lapse video of first days’s of bees life raises awareness of their plight

Incredible footage of the first days of a bees gives greater insight into the varroa mite plaguing hives worldwide.

Creating a buzz: Backyard Bees author David Purdie

Last year the US lost an estimated third of its bee colonies. One man is determined not to let the same thing happen here.

Bee Sting Cake

Using honey when baking naturally keeps cakes moist. This delicious “Bee Sting” cake features a sweet cream cheese filling and crunchy honey-almond topping.

Chinese man covers himself in 460,000 bees

A Chinese honey merchant covered his semi-naked body in bees that collectively weighed more than 45 kilograms!

Tiny sensors help scientists to study bees

Thousands of honey bees will be fitted with sensors to investigate the worldwide collapse of bee colonies.

MiNDFOOD Producer of the Year 2013: Bees Blessing

We talk to one half of the husband and wife team behind Bees Blessing, also winners of the 2013 MiNDFOOD Producer of the Year award.

Beauty buzz

Honey is one of the world’s oldest beauty ingredients, but its beneficial effects are just as relevant today.

UK designers unite to save bees

British fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett create a buzz at a London bee protest.

Bee-harming pesticides to be banned

The UK government is looking to ban a series of bee-harming pesticides, following the stance of other European nations, after bee numbers continue to rapidly dwindle throughout the world.

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