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Why are Bees Disappearing & What Can We Do to Help Their Populations?

  • Nov 7th, 2008
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  • Edible Gardens, Fertilization, Food, Fungi, IPM, Insects, Sustainability, bees, herbs, pesticides, pests, pollenators, pollution, vegetable gardening
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    • Anyone in tune with popular media has heard that bee populations are dieing out and have been in decline for several years. In my own very diverse garden I’ve noticed a huge decline in honeybees. I use no pesticides, and I provide a diverse array of food sources for all bees. Still, this year my [...]

    UVA Study Reports Pollution Reduces Flower Fragrance & Bee Populations

  • Jun 10th, 2008
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  • bees, pollenators
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    • A fellow horty recently emailed me a link to the UVA newspaper  that reported earlier this spring that pollution is reducing the fragrance in flowers. In turn they have linked the reduction in flower fragrance to the diminishing populations of bees.
    Unfortunately, the diminishing bee populations are becoming more and more apparent to me in my own [...]