The latest data shows that 30 percent of honeybee colonies perished last winter. Researchers have developed new technologies that could change how beekeepers manage their hives. Here are four emerging tech tools aimed at helping beleaguered bees.

Bees are seriously popular. Suppliers of one of the finest spreads ever to grace a piece of toast, their many species fossicking in the flowers create a universal sense of bonhomie.

The South African Organic Sector Organisation (SAOSO) in collaboration with the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) South Africa (SA) has launched South Africa’s first Ecological Organic Agriculture Pollinator programme.

The honeybee may be the best-known pollinator of plants, but there are thousands of pollinator species, including other bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies and even some birds and mammals.

The big seed companies and their genetically modified seeds and crops have been in the news a lot lately.

Flowers are one of the most striking examples of diversity in nature, displaying myriad combinations of colours, patterns, shapes and scents.

“It’s a bee!” someone screams as they jump up from their picnic blanket, knocking over their apple juice and flailing their arms, trying to get away from this flying creature. Does this scene sound familiar?

June began, the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts rang in the start of hurricane season — one that has been called everything from “abnormal” to “extraordinary.”