SUMMIT COUNTY — U.S. beekeepers said they lost almost a third (31.3 percent) of their managed honeybee colonies during the 2012-2013 winter, more than double the “acceptable” loss rate of 15 percent.Colony losses increased 42 percent from the previous year, with about 70 percent of the beekeepers surveyed ...

A new study led by CU-Boulder involving graduate student Chi-Chih Wu, shown here, indicates corn plants may have an altruistic side. Photo courtesy of CU-Boulder. Credit: University of Colorado We've all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured ...

To look at this flourishing mass of plant life you’d think David Latimer was a green-fingered genius.Truth be told, however, his bottle garden – now almost in its 53rd year – hasn’t taken up much of his time.In fact, on the last occasion he watered it Ted Heath ...

Ethical consumers should be aware poor Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain, due to western demand raising pricesA Bolivian woman harvesting quinoa negro. 'Well-intentioned health and ethics-led consumers here [are] unwittingly driving poverty there.' Photograph: George Steinmetz/ George Steinmetz/CorbisNot long ago, quinoa was just an obscure ...