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UK Beekeepers Protest Over Massive Death of Bees
Green Options —
... Protesters from the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA), dressed in traditional, white beekeeper suits, delivered a petition signed by more than 140,000 people to ...
UK Professor Hopes Modified Bee Genes Can Prevent Colony Collapse Disorder
Planetsave —
A UK Professor Hopes His Genetically Modified Worker Bees Can Help Stop The Colony Collapse Disorder That Is Grossly Effecting the UK Economy
Last week 140,000 protesters from the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) marched on Whitehall demanding $8-million in emergency funding from the Department for Environment to tackle alarming rates of bee decline. The decline has cost the UK economy about $54-million in the past year alone.
But British scientist Francis Ratnieks — and the UK’s only ...
UK scientists get £8m for research into bee decline
The Guardian | Environment —
... "Our sincere hope is that the majority of these funds will be directed towards practical research into the problems and threats that honeybees face in this country," said Tim Lovett, the president of the British Beekeepers' Association. ...
Honeybees create a buzz at Kew
The Guardian | Environment —
... The honeybee population has fallen by 10%-15% in the last two years, according to the government, but a survey of British Beekeepers' Association members suggests losses could have been as high as 30% between November 2007 and March 2008. ...
MPs fight for honeybee funding
The Guardian | Environment —
... Tim Lovett, president of the British Beekeepers' Association, who will address the APPG on Wednesday, said: "It now appears that the honeybee and the research it needs may well be sold short in the bidding battle between species for what has become the pollinator decline fund." ...
Bayer pesticide seal of approval stings Britain's beekeepers
The Guardian | Environment —
... So it is a shock to discover that the British Bee Keepers Association (BBKA), a charity in its 135th year, is receiving money from one of the main manufacturers of the allegedly bee-killing brew, ...
Hi honey I'm home – the new hobby that's creating a buzz in Britain
The Guardian | Environment —
... Certainly, there is a market. "There has been a definite shift in the demographics of people coming into beekeeping," said Tim Lovett, chairman of the British Beekeepers' Association, which has seen membership increase by 3,000 to 14,500 in the last 18 months. ...
Hi Honey I'm Home – The New Hobby That's Creating A Buzz In Britain's Towns And Cities
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... , the agency responsible for safeguarding England's natural environment, its green credentials seem intact. Certainly, there is a market. "There has been a definite shift in the demographics of people coming into beekeeping," said Tim Lovett, chairman of the British Beekeepers' Association , which has seen membership increase by 3,000 to 14,500 in the last 18 months. "Many of our new members are in urban settings, the worried wealthy, so to speak. They are environmentally aware people, who would like to do a lot more than they are able because of their busy lives. "They are ...
Beekeeping: have you heard the buzz?
The Guardian | Environment —
... ) runs regular Open Hive days at Harewood House, and other courses. For more information, visit britishbee.org.uk or ...
