(Natural News) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a legal petition by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network of North America and other groups that demanded the agency to monitor and regulate pesticide-coated seeds, which were widely harming bees, beneficial insects and other pollinators. These crop seeds are coated with systemic […]

(Natural News) Pesticides damage nervous systems of bees in a way that they cannot orient themselves properly after exposure. Scientists have found that the chemicals sulfoxaflor and imidacloprid, which are commonly sprayed onto plants to kill insects, block signals between nerves and target cells. This proves that pesticides are also highly damaging to beneficial insects like […]

(Natural News) Every May 20 of each year, World Bee Day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinating insects for ecological health and human survival. More than 75 percent of the world’s food crops relies on bees and other pollinators, either completely or in part, as do 90 percent of wild flowering […]

(Natural News) A newly discovered variant of a virus that affects bees is now threatening to wipe out apian populations around the globe. A variant of the deformed wing virus (DWV), dubbed DWV-B by scientists, appears to affect bees at a faster rate. The virus causes severe damage to the wings of bees before eventually […]

(Natural News) The environment is spreading around 60 percent fewer seeds because the animals and pollinators that plants rely on are all dying. Seed dispersal is an important cog in ecological systems all over the world. Plants have quite literally evolved strategies to spread their seeds away from the parent plant. Some have figured out […]

(Natural News) Two major environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the use of deadly pesticides that are harming bees and other pollinators. Last week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America filed a suit demanding that the EPA close […]

(Natural News) A recent study showed that pesticides can harm bee populations for generations. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, found that bee populations can take a hit for generations once a bee is exposed to a common pesticide in its first year of life. […]

(Natural News) A recent study found that bumblebees, the plump, fuzzy relatives of honey bees, are actually heavy lifters, able to fly back to their hive with almost their own body weight in nectar. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) showed that bees can fly using an “economy mode” that uses […]

(Natural News) A new study from the University of California, Riverside revealed that a common class of insecticides is harmful to bees even below recommended doses. Neonicotinoids are insecticides that protect plants from harmful insects like aphids; however, they can also seriously harm beneficial insects like bees. This insecticide, which is chemically similar to nicotine, is widely used by […]

(Natural News) Combinations of different pesticides are harmful to bees — important insects that help pollinate the environment, according to a recent study. There is global concern over declines in pollinators, and these cocktail pesticides could be detrimental to already endangered bee populations. “Interactions between multiple agrochemicals significantly increase bee mortality,” the study’s lead author, […]