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'.
… 2015 News Farming Health Toxics Science Bees Biodiversity USA … that linked 'delayed action' decline of wild bees to exposure to pesticides including … - previously considered 'bee-safe'. Native bees are on the decline in some of the major …
The combined impacts of pesticides and air pollution on bees could have severe consequences.
… Air pollution making honey bees sick Barbara Smith Mark Brown | 11th August 2020 News Bees Science Systems Insects Pollution … impacts of pesticides and air pollution on bees could have severe consequences. Whether …
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.
… 'may threaten survival' of Forager bees The Ecologist | 11th March 2016 News Bees Toxics Pesticides Ecology Farming New … the memory and learning ability of Forager bees even at very low doses, threatening the …
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.
… January 2015 News Toxics Farming Politics UK Bees Science bee-hawthorn-cut.jpg Dangerous … at Sussex University have discovered that bees are exposed to a toxic chemical cocktail … "In summary, our study confirms that bees foraging in arable farmland are exposed …
An Emergency Ordinance comes into force in Germany today that extends the EU's ban on 'neonic' pesticides to protect bees. But the UK's farming minister Liz Truss has relaxed the ban to allow farmers to use neonics on 30,000 hectares of oilseed rape.
… Toxics Regulation Politics UK Germany Science Bees bee-dandelion-cut.jpg An Emergency … EU's ban on 'neonic' pesticides to protect bees. But the UK's farming minister Liz Truss … order to protect agains the mass die-off of bees. The Ordinance prohibits the trade and …
A warming climate and the loss of natural areas are driving Indian bee colonies to the brink, writes Premila Krishnan. Losing this cousin of our European honeybee could be disastrous, as rural communities depend on their honey for food and income, and the bees perform vital pollination services.
… Climate change is killing off India’s bees Pramila Krishnan | 1st March 2016 News Climate Change India Bees Biodiversity Ecology bee-hive-cut.jpg A … on their honey for food and income, and the bees perform vital pollination services. A …
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.
… If modern farming can't sustain bees, how much longer can it sustain us? Dave … UK Toxics bumblebee-clover-cut.jpg Our bees and wider farmland ecosystems have been … doses of these chemicals, such as bees would be exposed to if they fed on a …
An exotic parasite is spreading through the world's honey bees and global warming is making it worse, writes Robert Paxton. A new study that shows it will soon be causing widespread colony collapse in North America and Europe.
… is spreading through the world's honey bees and global warming is making it worse, … risk, especially as summers become warmer. Bees are fairly used to parasites. A native … was found a decade later in western honey bees (the species native to Europe) in Spain, …
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
… Levitt | 16th November 2010 News Pesticides Bees Birds Ecology Natural World Food And … bee numbers across Europe. He now believes bees are not the only victims. ‘Any insect … for worldwide food security, because bees are our most important pollinators and …
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.
… Glyphosate harms bees' spatial learning Beyond Pesticides | … it's not just neonicotinoids that impair bees' ability to navigate to nectar and pollen … pointing to toxic and sublethal effects on bees. According to a new study conducted by …
Bee 'colony collapse disorder' cannot be ended by easy technofixes, writes Allan Stromfeldt Christensen. The real problem is the systematic abuse of bees in vast industrial monocultures, as they are trucked or flown thousands of miles from one farm to the next, treated with insecticides and antibiotics, and fed on 'junk food'.
… The real problem is the systematic abuse of bees in vast industrial monocultures, as they … have suggested in various ways that if honeybees go the way of the dodo bird, so do us … situation. First off is the fact that honeybees are used to pollinate about one-third of …
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.
… October 2015 News Farming Health Toxics UK Bees Science poppies-cut.jpg Wild flower … fields can funnel deadly pesticides into the bees, wild pollinators and other insects they … honeybee hives came from wild flowers. Honeybees examined in the study were also …
A study published today in Nature shows a strong correlation between concentrations of a popular neonicotinoid pesticide in water, and bird declines, writes Helen Thompson. Regulators are under pressure to tighten up, but the industry still claims there's 'no substantiated evidence'.
… It's not just the bees! 'Neonic' pesticides linked to bird … Let me tell you about the birds and the bees: A family of pesticides called … published in Nature suggests that birds and bees may share a common enemy. Dutch …
The widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides is causing a neurotoxic overload afflicting entire farm ecosystems from earthworms to bees, other pollinators and birds, writes Damian Carrington. A collapse in food production may inevitably follow.
… July 2014 News Farming Ecology Toxics Science bees-oilseed-cut.jpg The widespread use of … entire farm ecosystems from earthworms to bees, other pollinators and birds, writes … essential to global food production - from bees to earthworms - are likely to be …
Pesticide companies are responsible for assessing the safety of their products, writes Christopher N Connolly - and this situation cannot continue. The research should be carried out independently, subjected to peer review, and published.
… for studies on the risks of pesticides to bees and other pollinators from the … a simple lethal dose at which 50% ( LD50 ) of bees or pollinators die is too crude a test to …
Decades of regular mowing left my front lawn looking bare and sterile, writes Jo Cartmell. But in fact, the exhausted, infertile soil made it the perfect place for a host of wild flowers to take up residence - some from planted seed, others blown-in, or from long buried seed lying dormant in the soil. And after that, the butterflies ...
… thought of the butterflies and wild bees that depended upon them. They were woven … chirring away and the contented buzz of bees collecting pollen and nectar - the sound … their son had learnt all about the plight of bees at his school and wanted to transform …
A USDA study shows that a GM alfalfa has gone wild in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. This may explain GMO contamination incidents that have cost US growers and exporters millions of dollars - and it exposes the failure of USDA's 'coexistence' policy for GMOs and traditional crops.
… production or transport. Transgenes spread by bees could contaminate crops However, the … the Roundup Ready gene was being spread by bees, which are known to cross-pollinate …
Antibiotics have saved countless millions of lives since the 1930s, but their power is failing due to their massive use in factory farming, horticulture, aquaculture and industry, says a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics. We must stop all inessential uses of antibiotics, or face a future where we risk death from minor injuries and routine surgery.
… bacteria. Another problem is that honeybees do not metabolize antibiotics, which …
Although sea walls are a strong form of coastal defence they effectively wipe out rock pools which are important oases for marine life. Scientists in Sydney have found a solution involving flower pots...
… companies are both breeding and killing bees Agri-chemical companies like Syngenta … that have been blamed for the decline in bees; they also breed the bees that are being used as a replacement for …
Insect pollinators that have survived the impacts of agricultural intensification may have a greater ability to resist future environmental changes than previously thought, MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… reports Pollination by insects, particularly bees , is vital to food production and humans … and visits to plants by pollinators such as bees, hoverflies and butterflies. The latter …
It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems, cause wing deformities in cabbage white butterflies. Yet a third open field trial of these GM crops could soon be under way.
… insects such as non-pest butterflies, bees, and other pollinators. It is also not … butterflies, pest predators, parasites, bees, and pollinators. Concerned scientists … butterflies, pest predators, parasites, bees, and pollinators. We have been calling …
Mussels, crabs, hornets and ... racoons? Future invasive species are not what you might expect, write Jodey Peyton & Helen Roy. In particular, we have to beware of 'ecosystem engineers' that can transform the environment they inhabit, creating ecological havoc for other species.
… of pollinating insects including honeybees, and is anticipated to arrive in Great …