Flight Of The Bees

• Senate Committee asks feds not to delay results of pesticide re-evaluation

  Senators, part of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, are asking the federal government to finish their re-evaluation of neonicotinoids pesticides. Neonics are widely suspected of contributing to bee losses around the world.

  Canada

  May 27, 2015
  
• Banning neonics will have smaller impact on agriculture than industry estimates: leaked draft report

  Banning neonics will have a minimal effect on corn and soybean yields, an internal federal government draft report shows.

  Canada

  May 21, 2015
  
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• UPDATE: 16×9 investigation into the use of a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids

  In an encore presentation, 16x9 updates an investigation into the use of neonicitonoids and the damage they may be doing to bees.

  Environment

  Sep 4, 2014
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• EU warns of possible health risk from pesticides

  European officials want permitted levels of two pesticides, imidacloprid and acetamiprid, severely reduced until more scientific research is done. This announcement comes only weeks after a 16x9 investigation into the use of this class of pesticides.

  Jan 3, 2014
• GALLERY: Flight of the Bees

  Honeybees, which are essential for our food supply, are under threat.

  Oct 17, 2013