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The Environmental Protection Agency approved use of a pesticide that is highly toxic to bees in violation of federal law, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in a decision that overturned the ...

From the top floor of my city’s downtown library, through the thick-paned glass windows, I can see the high-rise office buildings and apartments of the surrounding cityscape, and I can also see a small apiary — three rooftop beehives — ...

Beekeepers and citrus growers in Florida are butting heads over the use of pesticides. The reason: The increased usage of pesticides may be contributing to millions of bee deaths each year. Citrus growers, though, say they need the pesticides to ...

As homesteaders and peppers, we tend to think that we wrote the book on preparedness and self-sufficiency. The simple truth of the matter is that the real book on preparedness was written by the humblest of God’s creatures, the insect. ...

The European Union (EU) has passed a two-year “precautionary” ban on bee-killing chemical pesticides. The neonicotinoids ban is slated to begin on Dec. 1. The decision by the European Commission – the executive body of the EU — mirrors similar ...