Oct. 12—ANDERSON — Several years ago, headlines warned of a "bee-pocalypse" as populations of the insect reached record lows. "You'd go out and check your hives, and it's all seemingly in good health, ...
Proper nutrition plays a crucial role in enhancing honey bee resilience against the combined threats of viral infections and pesticide exposure, a study in the journal Science of the Total Environment ...
(Beyond Pesticides, August 23, 2024) A study in Science of The Total Environment calculates and compares pesticide risk in 594 wild bee species associated with crops in North America. Current ...
The use of pesticides in East Africa, some sold by European firms despite being banned in the EU, is killing off bees in large numbers and threatening whole ecosystems, scientists say. Joseph Ruzigana ...
Expanding community construction into natural ecosystems is harming the bees' natural infrastructure and well-being, ...
STORY: This bee is being fed a supplement. Scientists in Colombia say the food could help protect bees’ brains from pesticides. Andre Riveros is an associate professor at Rosario University in Bogota.
(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2025) A research article in Biology Letters, published by The Royal Society, finds that the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid disrupts survival and reproductive ...
LOS ANGELES - Scientists have identified a new suspect in the mysterious die-off of bees in recent years - pesticides that appear to be lethal in indirect ways. The chemicals, known as neonicotinoids, ...
Tropical Agricultural Areas Face Unprecedented Pollinator Collapse The hardest hit regions appear to be sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Earlier this month, congressional Democrats removed a rider from an appropriations bill to fund the Environmental Protection ...