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[ Thought Leaders ]
No Space Wasted: The Urban Honey Bees Making City Life Sweeter
By Sam Burns
Urban jungles are saving the future of our most precious pollinators. Cities may seem like strange places to find beehives, but from New York City to London to Detroit, bees are thriving in their new urban environments. Here’s how you can help them out!
10 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
How Saving the Bees Is Saving the Veterans!
By Sam Burns
Saving the bees and saving veterans at the same time? Meet Eric, an Iraq veteran who is helping ease the PTSD he and other veterans experience by sharing his love for bees and creating meaning, joy, and healing, in much needed spaces.
53 minutes
[ The Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast ]
The Conspiracy of Goodness in Scuba Diving and Bee Farming with “Merman” Mike Pelley, Timothy Paule, and Nicole Lindsey
By Dr. Lynda
Mike is a scuba diver whose passions are retrieving valuables and trash. Timothy and Nicole founded Detroit Hives to turn vacant lots into bee farms.
8 minutes
[ Nature ]
Why Are These Bees Getting Punched by Alfalfa?
By Sam Burns
If you love your ice cream or cheese, then your new bestie should be a tiny bee that makes it all possible! These leafcutter bees have to go through a boxing match with a flower that packs quite the punch to put your favorite treats on the table.
8 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
Transforming Detroit One Beehive at a Time!
Could vacant lots actually hold the potential to make cities healthier? Take a look at how this couple is transforming Detroit’s many vacant lots into an oasis for urban beekeeping and enriching their community!
[ blog ]
The Conspiracy Chronicles: Native Bees, July 2019
What can we do to save the world’s native bees? Native bees are an important part of our food systems and many ecosystems. Here’s what you can do to help!
7 minutes
[ Nature ]
Mushrooms are Saving Honeybee Colonies!
By Sam Burns
Mushrooms are saving the day for us yet again! Did you know that 70% of the fruits and vegetables we eat count on bees for pollination, and yet bee populations are plummeting? But the good news here is that some mushrooms have been found to have an ingenious property that allows them to defend the beehives!
16 minutes
[ Saturdays Around the World ]
Fly Through London with Some Urban Bees
Explore London from the fun and fascinating perspective of some of its smallest and most industrious inhabitants, the bees! They may not seem like the perfect urbanites but they have found some remarkable ways to adapt to life in the big city.
9 minutes
[ Nature ]
The Beauty of Orchard Bees
By Sam Burns
With 20,000 known species of bee in the world, it’s no surprise that they each go about life a little differently. We’re lucky enough to learn more about the blue orchard mason bee and the beautiful homes they make for their young in this article!
7 minutes
[ Animals ]
These Bees Make Their Own Perfume!
By Sam Burns
Male orchid bees don’t just look beautiful, they also smell beautiful (well, to female bees anyway). These little guys are the perfumers of the forest, collecting smells in hopes of finding a mate. Here’s how they do it!
15 minutes
[ Animals ]
The Last Hallucinogenic Honey Hunters of Nepal
By Sam Burns
What could come from documenting some of the most remarkable human traditions? Today we head to breathtaking heights on the steep cliffs of Nepal and have the privilege of looking behind the scenes of what’s said to be the last traditional hallucinogenic honey harvest. You won’t want to miss this!
15 minutes
[ Animals ]
Pollination: Beauty and Key to Life
By Dr. Lynda
Here’s one of the most fundamental, yet unappreciated processes on earth, filmed in a breathtaking, fascinating and curious way. You’ll never look at an apple or flower the same way again!
13 minutes
[ Animals ]
Why Should We Care About the Waggle Dance?
By Dr. Lynda
This is definitely an EWC “Who Knew?” article! Learn why we all might want to be doing the waggle dance to support bees around the world. Amazing!
