Posts tagged ‘bees disappearance’

5.13.18European Union Bans Neonicotinoid Pesticides
A Victory for Bees and Other Pollinators
Alarmed by a massive decline in bees and other insects that pollinate food crops, the European Union voted on April 28, 2018 for a permanent ban on three bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides. The new regulations ban the outdoor use of the […]

7.16.13Where Have All the Bees Gone?
Clues to the Disappearance of a Vital Pollinator
The world’s bees are in trouble. In millions of hives around the world, worker bees are suddenly disappearing, causing the colony to die out prematurely. Since 2005, yearly losses in commercial honey beekeeping operations rose from 15 percent of the […]