We are living in a new Dark Age in Europe where innovation and technology are being rejected at an alarming ...

The continuing debates over whether the herbicide glyphosate or the insecticide class of neonicotinoids (neonics) could—or should—remain available for farmers ...

In 2006, large and mysterious losses of honey bee colonies led entomologists to classify a set of diagnostic symptoms as ...

Some lab studies but almost no field ones suggest neonicotinoid pesticides are harming bee health. Why is there such a ...

Glyphosate is a herbicide, in other words, it is toxic to plants. Its target enzyme is not found in insects ...

Two weeks after Acor started the new beet reception campaign at the milling plant in Olmedo (Valladolid), field inspections continue ...

As we enter the fall months, it is safe to say the 2017-18 California citrus crop year was a success ...

It’s not easy being a bee these days. Apis mellifera, the Western honey bee, is crucial to agriculture worldwide but faces ...

Canada’s PMRA—its environmental regulatory agency, part of HealthCanada—rolled out for public comment its tentative decision to phase out almost all ...

[A] new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to ...

Erick Motta and colleagues at the University of Hawaii just published a paper in PNAS entitled "Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees." ...

A citizen petition filed on September 24, 2018 by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) asked FDA to prohibit “non-GMO” food ...

For roughly the last two years, the media has been warning us that climate change is threatening the world's supply ...

A new approach in the fight against American foulbrood – a disease effecting beehives across the world – is the ...

The most authoritative science and technology think tank in the United States has filed a petition against the Non-GMO Project’s ...

The ban on the use of neonicotinoids as of September 1, 2018 is leading to agronomic dead ends for many ...

Intensive agricultural landscapes can be hostile for bees due to a lack of floral and nesting resources, and due to ...

Bees and pesticides (and not just insecticides) have been the focus of activists and scientists alike, particularly since a 2006-2008 ...

House lawmakers are seeking to halt .... local ordinances to ban or restrict pesticides that opponents say conflict with state ...

On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that plants bred via recent mutagenesis techniques would fall ...

On Aug. 16, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency proposed to ban all outdoor uses of [the neonicotinoids] clothianidin and ...

An Asian hornet sighting has been confirmed in Cornwall, sparking a hunt for the honey bee killer's nesting sites. The ...

Many people may find it difficult to imagine how a pesticide could ever be safe. To understand how that is ...

In April [2018], the EU introduced a ban on outdoor use of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – ...

A ban on five neonicotinoid pesticides [entered] into force in France on [August 31], placing the country at the forefront ...

One of the biggest challenges for any risk communications professional today is to deliver positive messages on pesticides. Like any ...

On Aug. 15 .... Health Canada held a news conference to explain why it was banning neonicotinoid insecticides .... Health ...

The honeybee, Apis mellifera, has been the dominant pollinator for decades but now is threatened by pesticides, pathogens, parasites and ...