Tag: bees
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Scientists Release Landmark Worldwide Assessment Detailing Effects of Bee-Killing Pesticides
The report looks beyond the harmful affects on bees…
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7 PR Tricks Pesticide Companies Use to Spin Bee Crisis
The new report uncovers the deceptive public relations tactics used by Bayer, Swiss-based Syngenta and U.S.-based Monsanto…
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New Report Reveals Two-Thirds of European Honeybee Pollen Contaminated By Dozens of Pesticides
More than two-thirds of the pollen that honeybees collect from European fields is contaminated by a cocktail of up to 17 different toxic pesticides. These are the shocking findings of a new study released yesterday. [caption id="attachment_331034" align="alignnone" width="540"] Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner in front of Bayer’s headquarters yesterday in correlation with the release…
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15 Plants to Help Save Bees
We need (and love) ’em. Bees. With spring upon us, it’s a perfect time to think about what we can plant to help save the bees. Before getting into that, learn why bees are so important to our lives by listening to the latest Green Divas Radio Show featuring Maryam Henein, director of the award-winning…
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Half a Million Americans Urge EPA to Protect Bees
Yesterday, more than 500,000 signatures were delivered to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, urging the nation’s top-ranking environmental leader to protect bees and other pollinators. The date marks the one-year anniversary of the lawsuit filed against EPA by beekeepers, food, and environmental groups, including Beyond Pesticides, over the continued allowance of two bee-toxic pesticides: clothianidin and thiamethoxam.…