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When Assiniboine Community College launched the Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agricultur...

Education and outreach in Michigan to support pollinator health in Michigan through education and outreach for judicious use of pesticides and increasing pollinator habitat.

Early September is time to prepare your lawn for winter dormancy. Like tucking in a child at night, there are strategies that just make things go more smoothly. You don’t

Pace University Premieres Bee Aware Documentary on Earth Day Share Article After much hard work, dedication and anticipation, Pace University’s documentary film team – PaceDocs – recently premiered Bee Aware, a film focusing on the environmental threats facing one of the most important pollinators for humankind. The film aptly debuted online on Earth Day as it spotlights the vital role bees play in our food supply; their importance to the environment; and some of the challenges facing the...

Five years ago a swarm of European honeybees ( Apis mellifera) made a hive in an enclave of the trunk. Worried about what they may “do” to the tree, I approached a Brisbane beekeeper, Jack Stone of Bee One Third. Stone started his business in 2012 to highlight the important role bees play in our food system. The name is to “remind people bees contribute to one third of our global food supply through pollination”. When asked if he’d come to extract my new neighbours, his advice was une...

A total of 215 students entered the competition. Yesterday it was announced that Bethany Atherton, from the Warriner School, in Banbury, won the Year Eight competition for her piece titled Bee Aware, which was inspired by botanist Ache Atta-Boatengs research. She said: "Winning this feels absolutely amazing. I love to draw and spend most of my time doing this. To be able to include a strong message in my drawings that others will now see, makes it even more exciting. "My grandparents ke...

Share Running for the second time (first run in 2018), the competition was developed to increase the visibility of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic scientists and mathematicians, while also engaging local schools and young people in showcasing their research in art form. Oxfordshire state school pupils were asked to create art – of any form – based on profiles of six Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic researchers from the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division of the Unive...

Oxford University has today announced the winners of its science-inspired schools' art competition Beyond Boundaries which was launched to encourage...