Bee Deaths

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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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• Proposed ban of suspected bee killer sets off massive fight in rural Ontario

  Bees in Ontario have been dying in record numbers, close to 60 per cent last winter alone.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2015
• Getting the facts on honey production

  Honey bees in Ontario are dying in record numbers and the provincial government says a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids is partly to blame.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2015
• 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
• 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
• Silence of the bees: ‘It has to stop. It just has to stop.’

  Meet two Ontario beekeepers who say that the widespread use of pesticides is threatening their very livelihood.

  Environment

  Sep 12, 2014
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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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• Ontario seeks to restrict pesticides linked to bee deaths

  Ontario's Liberal government said Monday that it plans to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths, something beekeepers say the Liberal government promised they'd do if re-elected.

  Environment

  Jul 7, 2014