Europe Becomes First Continent to Ban a PesticideMay 1st, 2013 - Jill Ettinger
The European Union passed a continent-wide ban yesterday on the insecticides believed to be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious disease affecting millions of bees worldwide and threatening global food supplies. Read More:Europe Becomes First Continent to Ban a PesticideWidespread Bee Deaths Are Gonna Cost You: Higher Food Prices ExpectedApril 5th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger
Colony Collapse Disorder, the mysterious illness killing off countless bee communities around the world, is expected to result in rising food prices, reports Rodale. Read More:Widespread Bee Deaths Are Gonna Cost You: Higher Food Prices ExpectedWe Speak for the Bees: Activists Sue EPA Over Bee DeathsMarch 26th, 2013 - Lacy
A coalition of beekeepers and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to protect pollinators from dangerous pesticides that have repeatedly been identified as highly toxic to honey bees. The group, represented by lawyers from the Center for Food Safety, seeks suspension of the registrations of these insecticides, including clothianidin and thiamethoxam, two chemicals produced by Syngenta and Bayer CropScience. Read More:We Speak for the Bees: Activists Sue EPA Over Bee DeathsEU Says World’s Most Popular Pesticide Causing Massive Honeybee DeathsJanuary 22nd, 2013 - Jill Ettinger
Calling it “unacceptable,” the European Food Safety Authority has blamed the world’s most widely used insecticides for the threat they pose to bee populations. Read More:EU Says World’s Most Popular Pesticide Causing Massive Honeybee DeathsCriminal Rehabilitation Abuzz with BeekeepingOctober 24th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
A group of New York City prisoners may become beekeepers. That’s because the Osborne Association, a nonprofit focused on providing certain tools for alternatives to longer prison sentences, took several prisoners on a beekeeping tour, reports DNAinfo.com. Read More:Criminal Rehabilitation Abuzz with BeekeepingMysterious Bee Deaths Lead France to Ban Syngenta PesticideJune 11th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
In efforts to reduce the spread of Colony Collapse Disorder—the mysterious worldwide disappearance of bees leading to the failure of hives and the important pollination function bees play in agriculture—France has announced it will ban the Cruiser OSR pesticide made by Swiss chemical company, Syngenta. Read More:Mysterious Bee Deaths Lead France to Ban Syngenta PesticideStaying at NY’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel? Don’t Mind The 100,000 BeesApril 9th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Colony collapse disorder may be taking its toll on beehives around the country, but that hasn’t stopped the surge of urban beehives. The latest to capitalize on the buzz: New York City’s famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Read More:Staying at NY’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel? Don’t Mind The 100,000 BeesNew Research on Dying Bee Populations Stings the Pesticide Industry… AgainApril 1st, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
More research on the mysterious decline of bee populations, called colony collapse disorder, has been published in the recent issue of the journal Science, and points to another possible pesticide connection that may shine light on the cause of the devastating phenomenon. Read More:New Research on Dying Bee Populations Stings the Pesticide Industry… AgainBayer CropScience Pesticide Named As Major Cause of Bee CollapseFebruary 5th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Bayer CropScience, the leading manufacturer of imidacloprid systemic-based pesticides, is the target of criticism and calls to ban the products after new research findings indicate imidacloprid as a major culprit in the recent decline of honeybee populations in a condition that’s commonly referred to as colony collapse disorder. Without healthy honeybee populations contributing to the pollination of hundreds of foods, millions of farmers and fruit and vegetable crops would cease production. Read More:Bayer CropScience Pesticide Named As Major Cause of Bee CollapseWar of the Winged: Parasitic Flies Linked to Honeybee DeathsJanuary 7th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
As thousands of honeybee hives have collapsed in the last several years, researchers have struggled to identify the cause. Now, new research may indicate an unusual suspect: Parasitic flies. Read More:War of the Winged: Parasitic Flies Linked to Honeybee Deaths |
