Tag: CCD
Honey Bee Preservation
I was reading up on the honeybee die-off known as colony collapse disorder (CCD) and found a couple of sites to bookmark:
American Beekeeping Federation (http://www.abfnet.org/)
Foundation for the Preservation of the HoneyBee (http://www.honeybeepreservation.org/)
Burts Bees & the Greening of Clorox
Full article at The NYTimes
“Today, the couple’s quirky enterprise is owned by the Clorox Company, a consumer products giant best known for making bleach, which bought it for $913 million in November. Clorox plans to turn Burt’s Bees into a mainstream American brand sold in big-box stores like Wal-Mart. Along the way, Clorox executives say, they plan to learn from unusual business practices at Burt’s Bees — many centered on environmental sustainability. Clorox, the company promises, is going green. “