Insights and Stories on Bees

Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration

Dec. 22, 2017 at 10:12 pm CST

Health Canada’s pesticide regulator proposes to allow continued registration for two members of the neonicotinoid family of pesticides, both of which are under heavy scrutiny for their effects on bees and other pollinators. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency on Tuesday issued proposed decisions on clothianidin and thiamethoxam that would extend […]

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

Oct. 5, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. bee numbers growing

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:27 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Operation Pollinator to create friendly spaces for bees and other pollinators on the Prairies

Apr. 24, 2017 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Staff

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

Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Tuesday it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation […]

By Staff

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

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

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

Sep. 11, 2015 at 2:52 am CDT

Reuters — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant […]

By Carey Gillam

For direct-farm marketers, Alberta is a great place to operate

Jul. 3, 2015 at 9:42 am CDT

Direct-farm marketers in Alberta have their share of regulatory hurdles to gripe about, but they have distinct advantages and supports which marketers in other provinces would envy. When apiary owners Cherie and Art Andrews were first eyeing prospects to start making mead (honey wine), the province gave them several kick-starts, […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

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