In a town in Peru money does grow on trees

Alejandro Quispe Chilón

By Dowser.org, October 8, 2013

The Andes Mountains, the largest mountain range in the world, are home to 32 percent of Peru’s population, many of which rank among the poorest communities in the country. The struggle to keep crops and livestock alive in the harsh conditions brings many to either leave for hope of a better life in the city (which often fails to provide relief due to the mass amount of people with this same sentiment all unable to find work), or be stuck with little hope of creating a better life in their own community.

BEE APOCALYPSE NOW - Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought

By Todd Woody @greenwombat 

July 24, 2013

As we’ve written before, the mysterious mass die-off of honey bees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the US has so decimated America’s apis mellifera population that one bad winter could leave fields fallow. Now, a new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought.