NNIs

• How the pesticide believed to be killing the bees could be affecting humans

  Mounting evidence suggests that neonics, a pesticide widely used in Canada, could not only be harmful to bees, but to humans as well.

  Environment

  Apr 20, 2016
  
• Ontario government seeks to reduce pesticide use by 80 per cent by 2017

  In an effort to protect bees, birds, butterflies and other pollinators, the Ontario government is seeking to reduce a specific class of pesticides by 80 per cent by 2017.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2015
  
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• Bee deaths could be caused by inefficient young foragers: study

  A new study concluded that bees that go out foraging for food too young can play a major role in colony collapse disorder.

  Environment

  Feb 10, 2015
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• Ontario government announces plan to reduce pesticide linked to bee deaths

  On Tuesday, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change announced that it plans on reducing a pesticide linked to widespread bee losses across the province.

  Environment

  Nov 25, 2014
• Doctors, nurses call for ban on pesticides that many say are killing bees

  The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario have launched a campaign to ban a group of pesticides linked to bee deaths in Ontario and Quebec.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2014
• U.S. wildlife refuges phasing out GMO crops, some pesticides to help bees

  National wildlife refuges around the United States are phasing out genetically modified crops and a class of pesticides related to nicotine in programs meant to provide food for wildlife.

  Environment

  Aug 6, 2014
• Study says pesticides killing bees, but some beekeepers don’t want a ban

  With a recent study supporting the widely held believe that neonicotinoid pesticides are killing bees, there are some beekeepers who are surprisingly not calling for an all-out ban of the pesticides.

  Environment

  Jun 27, 2014