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Rome: Bees used as pollution monitors

The tiny insects collect pollen from thousands of plants daily, in quite a tight radius and then their honey and wax are tested for various toxins. The project's been set up by Italian beekeepers and the carabinieri to understand the air pollution

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Beekeepers stage funeral for France's dying bee population

Bees in France are fast dying, say beekeepers who staged a mock funeral in central Paris on Thursday (June 7).

France

Beekeepers mourn declining bee numbers

At a mock funeral in Paris, beekeepers called on the government to come to the rescue and take urgent action to stave off an ecological disaster

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Saving the urban bees in Berlin

This is the Berlin Cathedral, one of the most iconic buildings in the German capital.

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World News

It's the first World Bee Day

Numbers of the stripy insects are declining every year largely due to human activity. They're the largest pollinators in the world and a third of the world's food production is estimated to be reliant on the yellow and black creatures.

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European court upholds pesticide ban

A European court has upheld a partial ban on three insecticides, saying the European Commission had been right to restrict their use to protect bees.

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EU nations back ban on insecticides to protect bees

European Union member states have backed a proposal to ban all outdoor use of neonicotinoid insecticides that studies show can harm bees.

Portugal

Drought hits Portugal's honeybees

There is little of Portugal's agricultural sector that hasn't been affected by the country's ongoing drought - and honey production is no exception.

Switzerland

Bad news for bees

Three-quarters of the honey produced around the world contains nerve agent pesticides that can harm bees and pose a potential health hazard to humans.

United Kingdom

Manchester residents queue up for "solidarity" tattoos

Sci-Tech

Saving London's bees one tag at a time

Scientists in London are using a novel technique to save the world’s bees: tagging hundreds of the insects to track their movements around cities.

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