We need to protect our honey bees, not only for their survival, but also for our own. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) recently concluded a five-year study focusing on pollinators and in particular honey bees. The goal was to create a knowledge base of pollinators and honey bees and raise awareness of their intricate nature, their needs in the wild … [Read more...]
Robbed of bees
'Honey has been waiting for almost ten million years for a good biography. Essential to the food, drink, religion, economics, medicine and arts of every civilization since the Egyptians, honey - and the bees that make it - have been a vital part of the human record for millennia.' This is the back cover blurb for Holley Bishop's book, Robbing the Bees, published in 2005. … [Read more...]
Farmers set to follow nature
Pressures on our natural capital, such as alien plant species, water pollution and overuse of resources, have caused a chain reaction of negative effects threatening our agricultural sector. Whether it is visible like sedimentation in our dams, or less visible such as fewer effective pollinators, the impact is enormous. This was said at the CAPE Partners' Conservation and … [Read more...]
