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PITTSFIELD, Mass., Oct. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shire City Herbals is excited to culminate National Bee Awareness month, September 2021, with a...

– B. Turner, via email Whether you’ve noticed it or not, far fewer bees are around nowadays. One-quarter of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in precipitous decline or have already gone extinct since 1990. A range of causes are to blame, including indiscriminate overuse of pesticides, loss of plants, and habitat destruction from human encroachment. But the latest and greatest threat is now climate change, which is warping the bees’ environments (blooming seasons, plant diversity, etc.) at a faster rate than they are able to adapt. Today in the U.S., only eight bee species...

TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation received two native bee houses from The Bee Conservancy organization in April through the organization’s Sponsor-A-Hive program.  The houses were installed April 21 and will be among 16 other bee pollinator homes in the tribe’s heirloom garden, which were installed in 2020 as part of an initiative by first lady January Hoskin to boost pollinator populations.  According to a CN press release, pollinators are crucial to the survival of Earth’s ecosystems, with nearly 80% of the crops grown around the world requiring pollination by ...

TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation on Monday will unveil the tribe’s first rural electric transit buses – among the first in the country – and first electric school bus, which is the first in the state, as part of its efforts to reduce the tribe’s carbon footprint.  The CN celebrates Earth Day by announcing several key initiatives with events planned each day next week.  On Monday at 12:30 p.m.  at the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah electric bus charging station in the northeast parking lot, the announcement of the electric buses will be held.  “Reducing our ...

Dear EarthTalk: How are bee population numbers doing these days? – B. Turner, via e-mail