bees

A bizarre ruling in the state of California has readers puzzled as one species of animals are now legally considered another species. Here’s the ruling and what Elon Musk had to say about the ruling. What Happened: An act to protect fish set in 1970 is now the basis of naming bees as fish in...

Exposure to industrial hemp farming has begun to increase as of late, despite the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, which made the plant illegal to grow in the U.S. This non-psychoactive plant possesses numerous economic purposes, but one recent study suggests its capabilities transcend plastic...

It seems so obvious, yet it took a pair of studies to prove it: Pesticides are the culprits responsible for the decimation of those vital pollinators, the bee population. In a new report published Friday in the journal Science, two coordinated studies on two continents showed that the use of...

There’s been a lot of recent buzz on the decline of bee species, and on Tuesday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services extended protection to the rusty patch bumble bee. The government blamed species endangerment on habitat degradation, and fingers point to mankind. Over the last few decades...

The Obama administration earlier this week announced plans to help save the declining population of honey bees in the United States after studies showed that bee colonies have been struggling under a number of environmental factors. Last year, President Obama promised to look into the...