honeybees
04/30/2017
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By Earl Garcia
100% of honeybee colony food found to be heavily contaminated with toxic pesticides
Honeybee colonies were found to be heavily laden with toxic pesticides, according to a recent study. As part of the study, researchers at Cornell University examined 120 honeybee colonies placed near 30 apple orchards around New York state. The bees were allowed to forage for a few days during the flowering season. The research team then assessed each […]
01/14/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Court allows seeds to continue to be sprayed with bee-toxic pesticides
At the end of November, a judge from the Northern District of California delivered a crushing blow to our nation’s beekeepers, and effectively approved of the EPA policies that will allow seeds to be coated with bee-toxic pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, or neonics for short. These pesticides, which can persist in soil and water with […]
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