Even as a special White House created task force is poised any day now to address concerns over supposedly vanishing honeybees, new research suggests that the very premise of the federal investigation ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 10, 2017) Exposure to neonicotinoid (neonic) insecticides leads to a decrease in pollination frequency and fewer social interactions in bumblebees, according to research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beekeeper checking frames and caring for the hive. Photo by Getty Images. Over 14 million acres of Minnesota croplands such as ...

Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, detailed the devastating impacts of the pesticide DDT on bird populations. DDT was especially harmful to species at the top of the ...

It’s estimated that over the past five years, some 30 percent of bees in the United States have either disappeared or failed to survive to pollinate blossoms in the spring. That’s about 50% more than ...

As certified organic farmers in Upstate New York, we are very dependent on the birds and the bees that pollinate our 40 acres of fruit and vegetable crops. But these pollinators are at risk — just ...

Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide. The neonicotinoids used in the coatings protect the seed from pests ...

Sen. James Inhofe made misleading claims in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency about the relationship between neonicotinoid pesticides and bees: Inhofe said many scientists have concluded ...

Nurseries that sell only neonic-free plants include Dancing Oaks Nursery and Garden Thyme Nursery Question: There’s lots of news about neonicotinoid (aka “neonics") insecticides being harmful to ...

If this sunflower was treated with sulfoxaflor, the bumblebee pollinating it has something to worry about. Dominik Scythe/Unsplash In September 1962, American author and conservationist Rachel Carson ...

It’s now clear that our decades-long love affair with pesticides is contributing to the worldwide collapse of bee colonies, with ramifications for all plants and animals — including us — that depend ...