Bees

Many of Chico’s yield signs will be converted to stop signs by April. Also, bees pollinate orchard crops but there are fewer this year and that could be a problem for almond producers, and Chico Marketplace is accepting donations of formal wear for high school students.

California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.

California’s facing a shortage of bees, which are vital to pollinating almond crops. Drought and other factors are making it difficult to insure the bees' survival.

The news goes from bad to worse when we’re talking about biodiversity, insect declines and habitat loss in our world. This week we kick off an all new…