Education Plus Compassion – How to Change the World
Mike Sygula – “There are two vital tools needed to improve our life on this planet and start living more sustainably: education and compassion.”
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5 Things You Need to Know About Honey
Dr. Mercola – Honey, especially locally sourced natural honey, is one of the most beneficial products for health and healing…
Victory: Mexico Judge Votes Against Monsanto in Favor of Bees
Christina Sarich –
Why Are the Farmers Depressed and Suicidal?
Heather Callaghan – These chemicals that farmers use, look what they do to an insect. What is it doing to the farmer?
Bacteria From Bees Confirmed as Possible Alternative to Antibiotics
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times Not just a possible alternative – but totally a preferable alternative to antibiotics whenever possible. People are already using this incredible healing substance without having needed a nod of approval from researchers. And no, we’re not talking about using the actual bees. While consumers of raw honey can tell you that it …
This Discovery Makes Bee Die-Off Problem That Much Worse
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times Many arrows point to the bee decline. A Harvard professorrecently warned that Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is only the beginning for us. The ripple effect from new classes of pesticides is just getting started. But there’s more… The problems they face can be compared to a kaleidoscope, where the shapes are …
Not Just the Bees – Pesticides Wiping Out Birds Too
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times Netherlands researchers fear the second coming of Silent Spring. “Neonicotinoids were always regarded as selective toxins. But our results suggest that they may affect the entire ecosystem,” says Hans de Kroon of Radboud University and co-author of a study recently published in Nature journal. It’s not just the bees. There …
The Co-Evolution of Bees and Flowers: An Electric Symbiosis Not to Be Interrupted with Pesticide Chemicals
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times If you are still spraying your nursery flowers and plants with neonicotinoid insecticides, you are likely interrupting an age-old dance carried out between bees and flowers. Not only are bees dying from the use of these dangerous chemicals, but the act is interrupting a long and beneficial history between …
Bee’s Propolis Found to Combat Aluminum Toxicity and Much More
Paul Fassa, Natural Society Waking Times In an earlier Natural Society article I covered aluminum toxicity antidotes that are necessary in our toxic environment. It’s often argued that aluminum is ubiquitous within the earth’s composition, but it has been pointed out by UK scientist Chris Exley, Ph.D that there is little threat as long as …
This New Finding Explains Why Bees Are Disappearing
Amanda Froelich, Guest Waking Times The secret is out – bees have been disappearing for almost a decade now, and scientists are scrambling to understand why. Some sources relay that the colonies all across the world are vanishing due to pesticides, electromagnetic frequencies, mites, and even GMO crops, but what researches have recently found to be the cause of the …
Bee-Harming Pesticides May Impact Human Nervous System
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human’s developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EFSA says that current safety guidelines for two pesticides—acetamiprid and imidacloprid—may be too lax to protect …
Prehistoric Clues Might Offer Answers to Modern Day Bee Die-Off
Heather Callaghan, Guest Waking Times A first-grade field trip to one of the top-ten U.S. zoos led us to a prehistoric bee display. It was much bigger than my little fist. It was like a radish on top of turnip but dark brown with faded yellow stripes and fuzzy tarantula legs. It was so horrifying …
In the Beginning There Was Monsanto
Barbara H. Peterson, Farm Wars Waking Times Yes, life as we know it is ending. It is being replaced by designer genes constructed in a lab and set loose on the environment with reckless abandon. We eat them, breathe them, drink them, absorb them through our skin, and pass the genetic changes on to our children. …
Transhumanist Bankers Plan Robotic Future
Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times “In the Future – Nature and Technology Will Work as One” International airports in Britain greet arrivals and departures with the letters ‘HSBC’ and the words “The World’s Bank” plastered boldly over plane docking bays and passenger corridors. For those not in the know HSBC is “A British multinational banking …
Florida Declares Two Butterfly Species Extinct as Pollinator Crises Worsens
Alexander Holmgren, Mongabay Waking Times Conservationist’s faced a crushing blow last month as two butterfly species native to Florida were declared extinct. “Occasionally, these types of butterflies disappear for long periods of time but are rediscovered in another location,” said Larry Williams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife state supervisor for ecological services. “We think it’s apparent …
Losing Just One Pollinator Species Leads to Big Plant Declines
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times A shocking new study finds that losing just one pollinator species could lead to major declines in plant productivity, a finding that has broad implications for biodiversity conservation. Looking at ten bumblebee species in Colorado alpine meadows, two scientists found that removing a single bee species cut flower seed production …
It’s Time To Protect Our Bees
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times EU commissioners, Capitol Hill and international agencies are finally taking notice to mass bee deaths around the world. A few months after the groundbreaking decision to suspend the use of three neonicotinoids shown to be highly toxic to bees, the European Commission is moving forward again with a proposal …
Colony Collapse Disorder Is a Fraud: Pesticides Cause Bee Die-Offs
Heidi Stevenson, Green Med Info Waking Times Years ago, Gaia Health informed that bee dieoffs are a direct result of pesticide nerve agents called neonicotinoids. The term, Colony Collapse Disorder, is fraudulent, designed to direct attention from the known cause. Agribusiness, the poison manufacturers making death-producing pesticides, is the other face of Big Pharma. The …
Who Will Save The Honey Bee? EU Mulls Pesticide Ban While US Set to Approve More
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times There are a number of grave ecological crises nagging at the status quo of modern life. Though the mainstream media prefers not to cover the enduring impact of events like Fukushima, the Deepwater Horizon or Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, the truth remains that these issues are vastly more important …
Bees and Flowers Communicate Using Electrical Fields
Waking Times Flowers’ methods of communicating are at least as sophisticated as any devised by an advertising agency, according to a new study, published today in Science Express by researchers from the University of Bristol. However, for any advert to be successful, it has to reach, and be perceived by, its target audience. The research shows for …