Insights and Stories on Bees

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings of an 18-year study. The new research covered 62 species of bee found […]

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:42 pm CDT

By Staff

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

Jun. 15, 2016 at 4:46 am CDT

By Staff

France’s Senate suspends palm oil tax, delays neonic ban

May. 13, 2016 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Reuters

In risks to bees, study finds not all neonics equal

Apr. 28, 2016 at 2:29 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

Mar. 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, […]

By Reuters

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

Jan. 26, 2016 at 4:09 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to […]

By David Ljunggren

Ontario weighs mandatory beekeeping practices in draft plan

Jan. 25, 2016 at 7:26 pm CST

Fresh off limiting farmers’ use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, the Ontario government now wants public comment on further moves it might make to improve the health of bees and other pollinators in the province. Among the “potential actions” up for consideration in the province’s new draft action plan are the use […]

By Staff

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

Jan. 6, 2016 at 6:49 pm CST

Label directions and rules for foliar and on-seed use of imidacloprid pesticides should either prevent or limit the risks to honeybees and other pollinators from the chemical, Canadian and U.S. regulators say in a new early-stage risk assessment. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

By Staff

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

Dec. 21, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as […]

By Will Dunham

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