Not so sweet news from a recent Science study. In honey samples taken from around the world, 75% had detectable levels of neonicotinoids in them. North America had the highest…
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Sign This Petition to Save the Bees
February 26, 2017Here is an opportunity to make your voice heard on saving the bees. There is a world-wide petition calling for the ban of imidacloprid in Canada, a widely used neonicotinoid (neonic)…
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The Last Shot at Survival for
the Rusty Patched Bumble BeeJanuary 22, 2017Rusty patched bumble bees were once a common sight from Maine to Minnesota, through the South, including the Appalachians. Yet today, total numbers are down by almost 90%, with existing populations being very…
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Maryland Bans Neonicotinoids for Consumers
April 14, 2016On April 7, Maryland became the first state to ban the consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Bravo Maryland! Neonicotinoid is a class of chemicals that include seven different chemicals.…
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Bees and Neonicotinoids: What You Need to Know
March 22, 2016Beekeepers were the first to sound the alarm of neonicotinoids, seeing a connection between bees dying in large numbers, colony collapse disorder (CCD), and these chemicals. Neonicotinoids threaten not…