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Birds, Bees, and Bats Event encourages good stewardship of back yard creatures

The Longswamp Township Environmental Advisory Commission will present Birds, Bees, and Bats on Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at TEK Park in Breinigsville. The organizers hope to teach the attendees the importance of these creatures and the need to protect them. The speakers include:

Is new form of pesticide to blame for catastrophic decline in honey bees?

The new sprays, routinely used on farms and in garden centres, contain chemicals based on nicotine which make bees more vulnerable to disease, a study has shown.

Ecosystem of the Everglades Radically Altered by Burmese Pythons

Florida Today warns that Burmese pythons, an invasive species to the ecosystem of the Everglades, have upset the natural balance of the habitat. Several native species have been almost wiped out.

Peabody couple loves bees

Noel and Debbie McSweeney like to grow things naturally on their six-acre farm near Peabody. They also pay attention to environmental issues and their impact on local agriculture.

Pesticides blamed for bee decline

Compelling new evidence from the US government's top bee expert that modern pesticides may be a major cause of collapsing bee populations led to calls yesterday for the chemicals to be banned.