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 …

Diesel confuses bees

Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees

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 …

To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices

 Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees

As told to Parliament (March 18, 2021): India has 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Climate change, invasive species wiped away N America’s bee species

Almost 94% wild bee, native plant species gone in last 30 years, flags study

Nicotine-based pesticides kill bees

New house? Will dance

Wildlife sanctuary lost 230 ha to fire in the past four months

Nepal battles poor food safety standards

Pramod Koirala is the spokesperson for the department of food technology and quality control of Nepal. He was in Delhi recently to attend a media …

Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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 …

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

Fewer honeybees could mean less food

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

Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain

Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period

Science and Technology - Briefs

Creating indomitable superbugs

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

Shit, it's profitable

Bengaluru farmers have revived the practice of using human excreta as manure. This has created an informal economy that is benefiting many

Stop antibiotics in honey: Centre

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Bee farms to shops

Big firms control honey supply

Science and Technology - Briefs

No antibiotics to be allowed in honey

Food safety authority approves scientific panel's recommendations for regulating honey quality