CATCH THE BUZZ – Another Look at Neonics, Honey Bees, and Colony Losses.
From – PBS – The Salt. What’s On Your Plate. Food For Thought. America’s beekeepers are having a rough time. They lost an estimated…
Read MoreFrom – PBS – The Salt. What’s On Your Plate. Food For Thought. America’s beekeepers are having a rough time. They lost an estimated…
Read MoreAuthor: Kathy Keatley Garvey DAVIS–When honey bees shift from nurse bees to foragers, or from caring for the brood to foraging for nectar and…
Read MoreAlan Harman The first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees finds native bees are being exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other pesticides. The…
Read MoreAlan Harman Bumblebees more at risk from neonicotinoids. (Photo by Barbara McClellan) An international group of pollination experts has published a second summary in…
Read MoreThree major European beekeeping groups are appealing to the European Court of Justice to overturn the European Union’s approval for the use of the…
Read MoreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Even as larvae, honey bees are tuned in to the social culture of the hive, becoming more or less aggressive depending…
Read MoreResearchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Mississippi State University tested 42 commonly used pesticides in a realistic field…
Read MoreApis mellifera L. is the main pollinator of cultivated plants. With the increased emphasis on organic agriculture, the use of botanical insecticides has also…
Read MoreThe Pollinator Stewardship Council is pleased with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion concerning the registration of sulfoxaflor. Our argument, presented by Earthjustice…
Read MoreWildflowers help control crop pests Could cornflowers and poppies take the place of pesticides? That’s what researchers are proposing in a new study…
Read MoreEPA released a New Rule for public comment, Bees; Mitigating Exposure from Acutely Toxic Pesticide Products (Docket #: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0818-0003) late last spring. The deadline…
Read MorePollinator Protection Training for Tribes November 17-19, 2015 Northern Quest Hotel, Spokane, WA Owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians http://events.SignUp4.net/Tribal_Pollinator_Training Nominations…
Read MoreReleased: 8/18/2015 11:00:00 AM USGS discovered insecticides known as neonicotinoids in a little more than half of both urban and agricultural streams sampled across…
Read MoreOn August 5, 2015 the EPA issued a proposal to revise the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule. The rule would help keep our communities…
Read MoreLarge-scale organic farming operations, based on a review of almost a decade of data from 49 states, are not reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says…
Read MoreThe challenges facing the world’s bee populations will be front and centre as bee experts from across North America descend on the University of…
Read MoreBy Alan Harman Changing environmental conditions around the globe – including the disappearance of pollinators – caused by human activity could threaten the health…
Read MoreFrom Pollinator Stewardship EPA released a New Rule for public comment, Bees; Mitigating Exposure from Acutely Toxic Pesticide Products (Docket #: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0818-0003; deadline for…
Read MoreThe Honey Bee Health Coalition can point to a very active first year since its official launch during National Pollinator Week in 2014. The Coalition…
Read MoreExcerpts from two reports from two very different organizations released this week… Organic farming practices help the health and well-being of honey bees and…
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