The insecticide chlorpyrifos is not just highly toxic to developing human foetuses. A new study finds that it also damages the memory and learning ability of Forager bees even at very low doses, threatening the survival of this important pollinator.
… the behavioral ecology and communication of foraging bees, chlorpyrifos, even in sublethal … the behavioral ecology and communication of foraging bees, chlorpyrifos, even in sublethal …
A new study shows it's not just neonicotinoids that impair bees' ability to navigate to nectar and pollen sources, and to their nests: now the herbicide glyphosate has been found to have the same impact even at very low levels.
… within this range delays the return of the foraging honey bee to the hive. Flight … range used on crops delays the return of the foraging honey bee to the hive. Flight …
Dangerous volumes of neonicotinoid insecticides and other pesticides are expressed in common wild flowers like buttercups and hawthorn blossom in countryside under arable cultivation, a new study has discovered. The discovery invalidates the UK government's 'pollinator strategy' based on creating 'safe havens' in arable areas - because the havens are in fact loaded with pesticides.
… "In summary, our study confirms that bees foraging in arable farmland are exposed to a …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
… have to find on their own (promoting natural foraging behaviour). Good news - but a long … with lead and be available to free-flying foraging condors and other species of …
Chemical giant Bayer has failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add the neonicotinoid to the three already banned.
… as to "the ability to communicate and pollen foraging activity of bees" . It also believes …
Wild flower margins around arable fields can funnel deadly pesticides into the bees, wild pollinators and other insects they are intended to benefit, writes Oliver Tickell. Neonic pesticides are often far more concentrated in the wild flowers than in the crop itself.
… crops and that it may be diluted by bees also foraging on untreated wildflowers." Planting …
Our bees and wider farmland ecosystems have been seriously harmed by neonicotinoids, writes Dave Goulson. But that's just the start of the damage that modern farming is doing to wildlife in a countryside stripped of wild flowers and drenched by cocktails of pesticides. The problem is not just neonics, but the entire model of industrial agriculture.
… during the spring or summer, when bees are foraging. But it allows the continued use of …
A month after warning the government of legal action over its decision to allow farmers to use bee-killing pesticides banned under EU law, Friends of the Earth has filed a High Court legal challenge to have the 'derogations' declared unlawful.
… experimentally to changes in pollinator foraging behaviour, reduced survival of …
Wild bee decline is closely associated with the advance of intensive farming and habitat loss, a new study shows. It follows an earlier paper that linked 'delayed action' decline of wild bees to exposure to pesticides including fungicides - previously considered 'bee-safe'.
Farm expansion driving US native bee declines Beyond Pesticides | 28th December 2015 News Farming Health Toxics Science Bees Biodiversity USA agapostemon-oregon-cut.jpg Wild bee decline is closely …