Earlier this year, the British government reversed a ban on a bee-harming pesticide called neonicotinoid in order to kill off virus-transmitted aphids that threatened the UK’s sugar beet fields. Environmentalists were obviously not pleased with the reversal of the ban as the … [Read more...] about Sigh of relief: UK will not use bee-harming pesticide after all
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Reports of catastrophic declines in the bee population have scientists buzzing. Is it mites? GM crops? Mobile phones? Habitat loss? Here's what the plight of the humble bee says about our own relationship to nature. Pat Thomas | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Reports of catastrophic declines … [Read more...] about Give bees a chance