Beyond Pesticides

Insecticides the Pesticide Industry Said Were “Safer for Bees” Found to Stress and Kill Honey Bees

(Beyond Pesticides, June 23, 2020) Next-generation systemic insecticides, billed by the agrichemical industry as “safer for bees” than neonicotinoids, have been found to stress and kill honey bees. As ...
Beyond Pesticides

Roundup Shown to Kill Bees—But Not How You Might Expect

(Beyond Pesticides, April 20, 2021) Roundup products manufactured by Bayer-Monsanto kill exposed bumblebees at high rates, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, which ...
Chippewa Herald

Professor, Bloomer student, others identify bacterium that may kill honey bees

MENOMONIE — A University of Wisconsin-Stout biology professor and his students, including one from Bloomer, may have made an important discovery in the effort to determine why honey bee hives are ...
USA Today

Air pollution harms honey bees too, study finds: Dirty air could kill 80% of bees in India

Even mildly dirty air could kill 80% of giant Asian honey bees, a key pollinator in South Asia. One of the bees "was covered with all sorts of crud and particles." “This is an important and timely ...