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05/30/2017
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By Earl Garcia
Bee-friendly plants sold at garden centers found to be heavily contaminated with deadly pesticides
Bee-friendly plants sold at garden centers may not be so friendly after all, as new research found that a vast majority of these plants were laden with toxic insecticides. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the Sussex University in the U.K. examined leaf specimen of 29 plant samples — such as dahlias, allium, bellflowers and foxgloves […]
05/10/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Do your part and save the bees with these 10 easy-to-grow flowers
Bee populations have dwindled in recent years. Pesticides, parasites, and the disappearance of wildflowers have all been cited as reasons for the declines of domesticated and wild bees. Without these important little pollinators, the amount of agricultural crops would shrink considerably. Less bees means less food for us. Fortunately, the simple act of planting annual […]
03/24/2017
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By Vicki Batts
56 percent of Maryland’s bees disappeared in 2016 as pollinator collapse accelerates
The decimation of bee populations is a national concern, but beekeepers in the state of Maryland have been hit especially hard by the wave of bee deaths. In 2016 alone, beekeepers in the mid-Atlantic state faced a devastating loss equating to more than 56 percent of their bee colonies, according to the Bee Informed Partnership […]
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