YubaNet (press release) The Pollinator Partnership is a non-profit organization that has several major agrochemical companies as funders. Their 2012 National Pollinator Week Sponsors included Bayer, Syngenta, Orkin, and CropLife America. Bayer recently launched a "Bee Care ... and more »
The Daily Camera The decline of bee colonies began accelerating in the United States shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency allowed the neonics imidacloprid and clothianidin on the market in 1994 and 2003. A general consensus of beekeepers is that die offs ...
The Inquisitr The pervasive use of clothianidin and imidacloprid and other pesticides have been linked to the rise in bee deaths since 2005, as the compound attacks the insects' central nervous systems. Another study suggested bees are ingesting plants contaminated ... and more »
The Japan Times Yoshiichi Ohsawa, 76, is among those Shiga residents who feel the chemicals are the only way to protect thousands of hectares of economically, culturally and environmentally valuable forest . A farmer and member of the district's Committee on Pine-Wilt ...
CounterCurrents.org A Greenpeace scientific report identifies seven priority bee-killer pesticides – including the three nicotine culprits – plus clorpyriphos, cypermethrin , deltamethrin, and fipronil. The three neonicotinoids act on insect nervous systems. They ... and more »
Voice of America “The two compounds that kept coming up when we tested these dead bees were the pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam . Those are insecticides that are applied to corn seed. The key route for those acute bee kills that we have seen in past years and ... and more »
The Scottish Farmer Kelly Finlay. Restrictions on the use of the clothianidin , imidacloprid and thiamethoxam were adopted by the European Commission on May 24, 2013, and will apply from December 1, 2013. HGCA researchers have taken a close look at the pests controlled by ...
Delphos Herald Mississippi State University offers the following explanation on purple corn. “Corn growth is often stunted and lower corn leaves turn purple as a result of phosphorus (P) deficiency. Phosphorus's primary role in a plant is to store and transfer energy ...
Rochester YNN Then we looked at the labels of the corn bag and every lab had clothianidin or thiamethoxam in it," said Doan. Doan sent samples of his dead bees for testing. They came back positive for the chemical. The EPA has listed a percentage that, if reached ...
