pesticides and bees

Researchers have also found a way to reduce the pesticides’ damaging effects on wild bees.

Thousands of farmers, and their families hit the apple groves each season to do the work of the bees.

Rooted in gratitude for a good harvest, Thanksgiving is a day of togetherness and feasting for many Americans. It is a time to wipe the dust off Grandma’s delicious recipe cards or to head to the Deli Fresh grocery aisles for savory string beans and pumpkin pie. For many, Thanksgiving is the purest and most important holiday of all, unblemished by the commercialism that threatens to tarnish Christmas and other celebrations.

Have you heard of flupyradifurone? Probably not, unless you work for the federal government agency poised to approve this new pesticide for use in Canada. But take note: This new “F” word is bad news for bees.

A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched against two chemical companies that make pesticides widely blamed for massive bee deaths, a growing concern in Europe and North America.

Bees may be small, but they play a big role in human health and survival. Some experts say one of every three bites of food we eat depends on them. The insects pollinate everything from apples and zucchini to blueberries and almonds. If bees and other pollinators are at risk, entire terrestrial ecosystems are at risk, and so are we.

A panel of international scientists has found that the neonicotinoid class of pesticides is harming bees and the environment.

A group of Canadian and European scientists is calling for a discussion in the science community about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees.

Large numbers of bee deaths could occur during the upcoming spring planting season despite efforts to reduce dust from seeds treated with the pesticide neonocotinoid, a Senate committee hears.

Environmental groups are demanding that Ottawa force pesticide makers to provide scientific studies looking at whether their products are killing off bees.

Several problems are affecting Canada’s bee populations, beekeepers tell senators.