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01/09/2018 / By Rita Winters

Double threat may WIPE OUT honey bees, scientists warn: Pesticides and dwindling food supplies are killing them off at a record pace

For many years now, scientists have been warning us of the decreasing honey bee population. A new research reveals that honey bees could soon go extinct due to the increased uses of chemical pesticides and the severely low amount of food supplies for these poor creatures. A University of California, San Diego study shows that […]

05/26/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

California’s biggest bee heist solved: Central Valley man caught, thousands of beehives recovered

Last April 28, Pavel Tveretinov was arrested at a Fresno County orchard for allegedly possessing stolen property. The 51-year old Russian-Ukrainian is believed to be the man behind California’s largest case of bee thievery, wherein hundreds of beehives disappeared from a Sutter County nursery. At the time of his arrest, authorities stated that Tveretinov was […]

01/23/2017 / By Daniel Barker

EPA acknowledges deadly effects of pesticides on bees, but refuses to restrict their use

In a disconnect of mammoth proportions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just acknowledged the threat to bee populations posed by neonicotinoid pesticides, while simultaneously reversing its position regarding a proposal to limit their use. On January 12, the EPA admitted for the first time that three commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides – clothianidin, thiamethoxam […]

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