Featured Backgrounders on Bees
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Why neonicotinoid pesticides don’t deserve a ‘deadly to bees’ label
While some activists blame the popular class of pesticides for bee deaths, research suggests there are many contributing factors. And ...
Viewpoint: Here’s why we don’t have to worry about a world without insects
Recent headlines about the coming collapse of the insect world are another case of extrapolation from inadequate data ...
New Hampshire considers ban on pesticides some claim are toxic to bees
New Hampshire lawmakers on [February 12] will take up a proposal to ban most uses of pesticides that are toxic ...
Neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin unlikely to harm healthy honeybee colonies
Interactions between multiple stressors have been implicated in elevated honeybee colony losses. Here, we extend our landscape-scale study on the ...
Modern farming isn’t driving insect declines, agricultural industry says
A new piece of research, carried out by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo and Kris Wyckhuys, reviewed 73 historical reports of insect declines from ...
Intensive agriculture driving insects towards extinction, threatening “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems,” study claims
The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems,” according to the ...
Monarch butterfly, milkweed declines not driven by GMO crops, study shows
To get a better understanding of the monarch butterfly’s future, Jack Boyle built a time machine. Boyle, a Mellon Postdoctoral ...
Talking Biotech: Recruiting bees as soldiers in the war on plant pests
The company Bee Vectoring Technologies uses bees to control deadly plant pests ...
New vectoring technology turns bees into soldiers in the war against plant pests
Bees are being armed as soldiers in the war on plant pests, leading the charge toward sustainable farming. Farming is ...
Europe may relax its ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, alleged to harm bees, leaked document suggests
According to a leaked document, the European Commission is considering ditching bee-safety standards that led to a ban of three ...
Plants have a sense of smell—can we harness it to fight pests, improve crop quality?
Plants don't need noses to smell. The ability is in their genes. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered ...
Viewpoint: How monarch butterflies exposed the hypocrisy of anti-GMO Greenpeace
In the past, I have asked....two very silly sounding questions toward Greenpeace. Why do they like watermelons? And why do they like grapefruits? As ...
Canada says Monsanto weed killer Roundup unlikely to cause cancer—should consumers be relieved?
Health Canada has delivered some reassuring news for people worried about glyphosate [Monsanto's Roundup] in their food and the environment ...
Vibrating wristband gives deaf people a new way to ‘hear’
Housed inside a wristband slightly bigger than a Fitbit, the Buzz has a microphone that picks up sound and a ...
Arguing for and against consciousness in single-celled organisms
A provocative new book by Arthur Reber argues that bacteria are conscious and that the origins of mind are found ...
Canola farmers push back against Canada’s attempt to ban neonicotinoids
Health Canada is following in the European Union’s footsteps as it moves to ban the use of neonic pesticides due ...
Glyphosate scares, Natural News’ Mike Adams unhinged and the ‘bee-pocalypse’: GLP’s 8 most impactful farm and food stories of 2018
These stories shaped a tumultuous year for agricultural biotech ...
Could spider venom replace some synthetic pesticides on the farm?
A major new project will see the use of spiders’ natural toxins to offer a more sustainable approach to crop ...
With the ‘bee crisis’ fading and European farmers fearing an insect invasion, EU’s neonicotinoid ban fiasco stumbles into the New Year
The future of a controversial agricultural pesticide remains in limbo, thanks to scientific uncertainty and political malfeasance ...
Viewpoint: If farmers want the public’s trust, they should change how they talk to consumers
The president of Bayer CropScience Canada, Al Driver, had just finished talking about why his company decided to purchase Monsanto ...
Examining the EU’s contradictory treatment of glyphosate and copper sulfate pesticides
Of all the elements the EU considers in ag regulations, science gets the shortest shrift ...
‘Smart farming’: Researchers aim to turn bees into ‘tiny drones’ that monitor plant health
[A] research team at the University of Washington has found a way to make bumblebees act like tiny drones. The ...
US regulators grapple with oversight of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)
In the first installment of this series, we looked at the regulatory framework in the US for the products of ...
Capturing a glimpse of how CRISPR could help agriculture by removing allergens and boosting nutritional quality
In a lab at George Washington University, painted lady butterflies flutter in mesh houses. This is where assistant professor Arnault ...
Political opposition stalling approval of GMO mustard in India, scientist says
Delhi University scientist Deepak Pental, the inventor of genetically modified (GM) mustard, has said the Union government appeared interested in ...
UK farming minister says neonicotinoid ban has boosted pesticide use
[UK] Farming Minister George Eustice has admitted the recent ban on neonicotinoids has actually increased overall pesticide use. Mr Eustice made ...
Edible vaccine may protect honey bees from deadly microbial infections
A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with ...
This mom and gardener doesn’t fear glyphosate—and says we shouldn’t either
One of the perpetual battles I’m fighting these days is countering the misinformation about pesticides that gardeners like me responsibly ...
