Photo shows organic beekeeper Josef Stich at the beehives, undated. Austrian beekeepers had to feed their honey bees during peak bloom because the insects could not fly due to the wet cold weather. (Biene Austria, Alek Kawka, NewsX/Bee)
Illustrative image of American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus), undated. An American biologist has warned that a decline in bee populations could seriously affect the human food supply. (NewsX/Bee)
Demise Of Pollinators ‘Could Leave Us With Less Food’
Picture shows Ken Warchol from Northbridge, Massachusetts, undated. Ken explained that apiaries situated in the northern part of the country are worse affected since they - unlike their peers in the south - cannot raise brood throughout the year. (NewsX/Bee)
US Beekeepers Lose Up To 60 Per Cent Of Their Colonies
Picture shows Keith Tignor from the Virginia Department of Agriculture in Richmond, undated. He has warned that the price of food might rise further if honeybee populations keep declining. (NewsX/Bee)
Current Mass Death Of Bees Could Send Food Prices Soaring
Picture shows Prof Christina Grozinger from Pennsylvania State University, undated. Prof Grozinger has co-authored studies concerning pesticides, the nutritional ecology of honeybees and the attractiveness plants are having on pollinators. (NewsX/Bee)
Bee Species Decline ‘Has Serious implications For Human Nutrition’
Picture shows Philip Potthast (left) and Fabian Wischmann (right), undated. They founded their startup, Hiive, in Teltow on the southeastern outskirts of Berlin in 2021. (NewsX/Bee)