CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides
Honey Bee Queens’ Exposure to Pesticides Weaken Reproductive Success and Colony Development (Beyond Pesticides, April 9, 2020) Honey bees (Apis mellifera) remain in severe…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Trump’s EPA Said this Bee-Killing Insecticide is Safe, Now Beekeepers are Suing.
Today, beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Supports EPA’s Conclusion That the Available Scientific Evidence Does Not Indicate the Need for a Total Ban on the Use of Chlorpyrifos.
(Washington, D.C., September 24, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to request a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees face heavy pesticide peril from field edges, drift, long residue chemicals…from nearly everywhere
Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Honey bees – employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season – encounter danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA re-registers Sulfoxaflor for crop use, but restricts use on some crops.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2016 – New measures to protect honey bees and fewer crop uses are included in the latest registration of sulfoxaflor, a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Biofungicide receives registration for use on stone fruit and almonds
Westbridge Agricultural Products announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has approved the addition of stone fruit and almonds to the Botector label….
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