Green News Ireland
  • About Us
    • About Green News
    • Green News Team
    • Contact Us
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Plastics
  • Energy
  • Marine
  • Europe

bees

Feature

The importance of bees, explained

13 April 2022  When a lot of us think of biodiversity, we think of quiet forests or winding streams or a rainforest much further afield.  We may not think of something that’s much harder to spot but that’s just as important: bees.  And if an image of a bee hard Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 11 months ago
Wasp - Indian ink and watercolour. Photo: Charline Fernandez
Biodiversity

Science and art combine to protect Ireland’s struggling pollinators

August 16th, 2018 On a warm afternoon in a Dublin city back garden overflowing with plants, shrubs, apple trees and vegetables, an exceptional variety of bees and butterflies are flying from one flower to another. We are in no ordinary garden, however. We are in the biodiversity sanctuary of the Read more…

By Charline Fernandez, 5 yearsAugust 16, 2018 ago
Agriculture

New bee-friendly roundabout set up in Cork

August 14th, 2018 A new pollinator-friendly roundabout set up in Co Cork aims to support Ireland’s ailing bee population and raise awareness of their plight among the general public. The Poulavone Roundabout in Ballincollig was recently redesigned into an oasis for bees and other pollinators by Griffins Garden Centre, with Read more…

By Laura Matjusaityte, 5 yearsAugust 14, 2018 ago
Biodiversity

Kilkenny to launch countywide plan to save the Bumblebee

July 19th, 2018 Kilkenny is set to take the lead in adopting new measures to protect a declining population of Bumblebees and other pollinators. Kilkenny County Council has agreed to adopt the National Pollinator Plan together with the Kilkenny Plan of Action to support the development of pollinator-friendly locations around Read more…

By Laura Matjusaityte, 5 years ago
Bumble Bee covered with Pollen Photo: Smudge 9000
Agriculture

The fate of declining bee populations is in our hands

July 11th, 2018 English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough recently warned that the extinction of bees will be a disaster for humankind. “If bees were to disappear from the face of the earth, humans would have just four years left to live,” Sir Attenborough said. A 2016 study in Read more…

By Laura Matjusaityte, 5 years ago
Biodiversity

New EU initiative aims to tackle the decline of Europe’s pollinators

June 6th, 2018 The European Commission has proposed new measures in an attempt to halt a decline in wild pollinator populations across Europe. The Commission’s new proposals include improvements in monitoring and data collection and policies to address the social and economic aspects of the decreasing numbers of pollinators. According Read more…

By Laura Matjusaityte, 5 yearsJune 6, 2018 ago
Bumble Bee covered with Pollen Photo: Smudge 9000
Biodiversity

Irish Bumblebee population at lowest level since 2012, new data reveals

The Irish Bumblebee population is at its lowest since monitoring began in 2012, new data from the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) reveals. The All-Ireland Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme data indicates marked losses between 2012 and 2017 of our eight most common Bumblebee species, with a year-on-year decline of 3.7 per Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsMay 16, 2018 ago
Bumble Bee covered with Pollen Photo: Smudge 9000
Biodiversity

EU passed near-total ban on neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor crops

April 27th, 2018 EU governments passed a near-total ban earlier this morning of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor crops due to their impact on pollinators. Member States endorsed the European Commission’s proposals to completely ban the outdoor uses of three active substances – clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Two Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsApril 27, 2018 ago
News

Report part-funded by industry finds pesticides major risk to European bees

July 11th, 2017 A new study, part-funded by pesticide manufacturers Bayer and Syngenta, has found that pesticides pose a major risk to European honeybees and wild bees. The study is based on work by researchers from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) who carried out a large-scale experiment to assess the Read more…

By Lia Flattery, 6 yearsJuly 11, 2017 ago
News

Protesters stand up for nature as Senators debate Minister Humphreys’ anti-wildlife bill

March 3rd 2017 Protesters dressed as bees, foxes and even an Angry Bird, made their presence felt outside the Oireachtas this week as the controversial Heritage Bill came back up for debate. The Heritage Bill being put forward by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys Read more…

By Eric Maher, 6 yearsMarch 3, 2017 ago

Posts navigation

1 2 Next
Recent Posts
  • New Spot of Hope for Ireland’s Ocean Conservation Movement
  • The Importance of COP15
  • Two thirds of people believe Irish Seas are unhealthy
  • Loss and Damage: the defining issue of COP27
  • EU Commission closes sensitive areas to bottom fishing, including nearly 9,000 km2 in Irish waters
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Privacy Policy |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Cookie Policy |
  • Contact Us

Sign up to our newsletters For latest updates news.


  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • homepage
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle