Tag Archives: #Pesticides

Destabilising Ecology and honey bees

How do pesticides affect biodiversity? We read much about the impact on our honey bees, [...]

20
May
A list of active ingredients in pesticides Bad for Bees. Compiled by leading experts in the field, use as a reference for exclusion.
World Bee Day – Pesticides Bad for Bees

A list of active ingredients in pesticides Bad for Bees. Compiled by leading experts in [...]

20
May
A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk by nearly 50% in the past 50 years.
Honeybee lifespan could be half what it was 50 years ago – new study

A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk [...]

16
Nov
Network of African Science Academies, led by the Academy of Science of South Africa, brought together experts to review over 200 studies from 28 African countries, with a final report indicating that SA and the rest of African countries covered are actively contributing to the decline in honey bee numbers with farming methodology that outdates current research informing bans of these neonicotinoids in the EU. The report goes further identifying key messages for policy makers to make African agriculture more sustainable.
Europe has banned neonicotinoid insecticides, action is needed in Africa too

First marketed in the late 1990s, neonicotinoid insecticides have become the world’s most widely used [...]

25
Feb
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