Monday, June 29, 2009

Pictures From The Bees Daily Bread

Andrea From the Bees Daily Bread has sent us some magnificent and beautiful pictures from Tampa.





You will find the rest on our site at flickr

The Planet In Peril, The Hapless Congress

Read Paul Krugman, Noble Prize economist, straying to his concerns for the Great Green. Read

Monday, June 15, 2009

Bee Population Continues to Plummet

Honeybee population plunges in six months
Expect pricier produce if mystery not solved

By Diane Petryk
For The Daily Item


Food will cost more if no one solves the mystery of the disappearing honeybees — and time is running out.

The situation has gone from bad to worse, Penn State honeybee researcher Maryann Frazier said Thursday.

We were alerted to this article by John Hibbard...Please all of you who care about the bees out their in the big wide reading world.. Send us any information we may have missed.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Maple Seeds and Flight

ScienceDaily (June 13, 2009) — The twirling seeds of maple trees spin like miniature helicopters as they fall to the ground. Because the seeds descend slowly as they swirl, they can be carried aloft by the wind and dispersed over great distances. Just how the seeds manage to fall so slowly, however, has mystified scientists.