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Bees

ideas1 | Source: Ahmad F.B., Cisewski J.A., Rossen L.M., Sutton P., National Center for Health Statistics, 2024

Drugs

The Media Love Negative Trends, but America Keeps Moving in the Right Direction

Remember the bee apocalypse? The U.S. reversed that trend. What other trends can we reverse?

Eric Boehm | 2.17.2025 6:00 AM

John Stossel stands in front of a swarm of bees | Stossel TV

Energy & Environment

How the Media Manufactured Panic Over Bees

About 20 years ago, many American bees did die. Then that steadily diminished—but hysteria in the press continued.

John Stossel | 5.22.2024 10:30 AM

An illustration of a bat and some bees | Photo: Andreas Häuslbetz/iStock Photo; Todd Cravens/Unsplash

Conservation

When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires

Housing bats, buying an E.V., and planting trees sometimes end up being counterproductive.

Mike Riggs | 1.28.2024 7:00 AM

Honeycomb |  Feathercollector/Dreamstime.com

Honeybees

Home Business Lawsuit Argues People Have a Natural Right To Keep Bees on Their Property

Ellen Finnerty wanted to make and sell honey. The town of Ottawa, Kansas, says that's illegal.

Christian Britschgi | 5.24.2023 4:20 PM

Fish and Bees | Illustration: Lex Villena

California

California Environmentalists: Bees Are Now Fish

The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.

Fiona Harrigan and Isaac Reese | 7.19.2022 1:55 PM

reason-tidepods | JRos/Dreamstime.com

Moral Panic

Tide Pods, Nazis, and Bees: The Top 10 Moral Panics of the 2010s

We found a lot of things to worry about over the past 10 years.

Christian Britschgi | 12.16.2019 2:20 PM

Capitalism is sweet | Victor Fischer/Dreamstime

Bees

No 'Bee-Apocalypse,' Thanks to Free Markets

A new study finds no dramatic and widespread economic effects from colony collapse disorder.

Ronald Bailey | 7.15.2019 4:35 PM

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Bees

Capitalism Averts Alleged Beepocalypse

Activists recycle specious apiary catastrophism.

Ronald Bailey | 7.7.2017 1:35 PM

Pesticides

Bee Apocalypse Science Scandal Update and An Apparent Threat of Legal Action

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2014 3:41 PM

Pesticides

Bee Apocalypse Science Scandal? Did Scientists "Fix Evidence" To Ban Neonic Pesticides?

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2014 1:03 PM

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