Last flight of the honeybee?

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Wayne

A bee-less world wouldn’t just mean the end of honey – Einstein said that if the honeybee became extinct, then so would mankind. Alison Benjamin reports on a very real threat.

Dave Hackenberg’s bees have been on the road for…

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Ban decision could mean GM trees in the wild.

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Wayne

Campaigners have said they will fight a UN decision that could see plantations of genetically modified trees grown in the wild.

The 150 countries that are members of the Convention on Biological Diversity – the leading international agreement for ecological…

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