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U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

By Carey Gillam May 28, 2015

Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates. The restrictions are aimed at protecting bees from “pesticides that are acutely toxic” to them, and would cover foliar applications when […] Read more

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U.S. honeybee losses soar over last year, USDA finds

By Carey Gillam May 13, 2015

Reuters — Honeybees, critical agents in the pollination of key U.S. crops, disappeared at a staggering rate over the last year, according to a new government report that comes as regulators, environmentalists and agribusinesses try to reverse the decline. Losses of managed honeybee colonies hit 42.1 per cent from April 2014 through April 2015, up […] Read more

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U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

U.S. honeybee losses soar over last year, USDA finds

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