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For the first time, scientific researchers have tied the most popular and commonly used insecticides – neonicotinoids — to the reduction in farmland birds. The findings represent an increase in the dangers of chemical agricultural products, such as those made ...

A landmark Harvard study says that neonicotinoids – the dominant ingredient found in many popular insecticides which treats much of the corn in the US — are to blame for colony collapse disorder in the honeybee population. The Environmental Protection ...

Honeybees in Australia are about to be outfitted with tiny sensors so their movements can be monitored. Researchers are hoping the technique, known as “swarm sensing,” will shed light onto the colony collapse disorder problem and help discover how the ...

Two popular types of the pesticide neonicotinoid used widely on America’s foods may cause brain impairment and should be restricted, according to a recent study by a team of European scientists. As previously reported by Off The Grid News, neonicotinoids ...

Lowe’s, Home Depot and other retailers could be contributing to the death of bees by selling plants laced with pesticides to the public. That’s the charge being made by the Friends of the Earth, a major environmental group, and the ...

European scientists say they have discovered the problem behind the declining honeybee population, and pesticides seem to be the culprit. The study by the journal Ecology Letters states that “extended periods of stress” can cause the failure of a bee ...

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 ...

Honeybees suffered another horrific loss this week; 37 million bees were found dead in Canada. The massive honeybee death comes just two weeks after 25,000 dead honeybees were found in an Oregon parking lot. Ontario beekeeper Dave Schuit suffered massive ...

America is on the way to becoming an agricultural police state, courtesy of the henchmen at Monsanto – you know, the ones President Barack Obama appointed to supervisory positions at a host of federal agencies. In May 2012, Off The ...