In the hopes of increasing local bee numbers, University of Buffalo architecture students created this intriguing wild urban bee habitat. (treehugger.com)
Furthermore, wild bee habitat shrinks every year as industrial agribusiness converts grasslands and forest into mono - culture farms, which are then contaminated with pesticides. (greenpeace.org)
The reasons for overall bee declines are broadly understood: diminished bee habitat; the Varroa destructor, a nasty parasitic mite; viruses and pathogens; and agricultural chemicals, including pesticides, fungicides and insect growth regulators (IGRs). (discovermagazine.com)