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Why glyphosate and herbicide-tolerant GMO seeds aren’t threats to bees

Iida Ruishalme | 
Glyphosate is a herbicide, in other words, it is toxic to plants. Its target enzyme is not found in insects ...
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How scientists use meta-analysis to try to make sense of contradictory findings on neonicotinoids and bees

Julia Koricheva | 
The EU has announced a near-total ban on three insecticides that we now know are harmful to bees and other pollinators. And yet for ...
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Viewpoint: Bans on neonicotinoid insecticides may not actually help bees

Caroline Hauxwell | 
Public pressure is growing in Australia to ban the sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids because of their harmful effects on bees. The ...
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Tackling bees’ greatest threat: Lithium chloride could kill Varroa destructor mites without harming bees

Ross Pomeroy | 
A new study suggests that tiny doses of lithium chloride could be an easy and effective treatment for Varroa mites, ...
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Harmful, beneficial or no effect? Flawed European bees and neonicotinoids study could be misused to support ban

Iida Ruishalme | 
A widely-discussed 3-country study showed no clear impact of neonics on bees. Why did the authors appear to explain away ...
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Backlash to flawed ‘landmark’ European neonicotinoid study: Inconclusive data suggest both health benefits and harm

Jon Entine | 
Upside down news: A backlash by independent scientists has begun to emerge, challenging sensational accounts of a 'landmark' European field ...
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Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses

Andrew Porterfield | 
Hawaii study may hold the key to the mystery of why honey bees are struggling ...
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How does popular organic pesticide copper sulfate compare to synthetic ones like glyphosate?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Organic farming is not chemical free; one popular organic fungicide is copper sulfate. How does it work and how does ...
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Trade and economic growth, not pesticides, major driver of beehive declines?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Declines in bee health have been blamed on pesticides and other factors. A new study suggests that economic changes may ...
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Pollinator myth: Are bees responsible for one third of global food, heightening crisis? More like 7%

Aren’t bees responsible for a third of the world’s food, and 90 percent of global nutrition — claims invoked by ...
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Beemageddon? As hysteria over honey bees recedes, anti-neonic narrative refocuses on wild bees

Jon Entine | 
It was a crisis that never was. It's now clear that the honey bee crisis never was—the pollinator is doing ...
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