Major Big Box Retailer Calls on Suppliers to Stop Using Bee-Killing Chemicals
Vic Bishop – Costco is a prime position to influence the overall use of pollinator killing neonics.
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North American Bumble Bee Officially Added to Endangered Species List
Alex Pietrowski – This is the first bumble bee to be protected under the endangered species act.
Gardening Products Giant to Stop Selling Insecticide Linked To Bee Deaths
Derrick Broze – A major victory for bees as one of the largest manufactures of garden products makes big changes.
German Supermarket Chain Bans Bee-Killing Neonic Pesticides on Produce
Christina Sarich – A German supermarket chain with stores in the U.S., has become the first major European retailer to ban pesticides toxic to bees.
Activists Swarm London as the UK Lifts Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides
Christina Sarich – With bee die off accelerating, protestors are outraged at government.
Neonics Causing Bee Collapse with ‘Limited to No Benefit’ for Farmers
Alex Pietrowski – Why are we still using neonicotinoids?
12 Homeopathic Remedies That Should Be in Every Survival Kit
Bonnie Camo – The medical industry is afraid of the competition that homeopathic remedies represent. Anyone who has ever tried them will know the truth.
Science: Plants Have Senses and Can Hear, Feel and Identify Attackers
Alisa Opar – New research into plant senses reveals how plants can hear, touch, feel, and identify attackers.
Just How Much Pesticide are You Eating Everyday?
Christina Sarich – If then, more than 80% of the ‘staple’ crops in the US are planted with GM varieties of corn, soy, and cotton, then we can assume that we are all eating a big heaping helping of those herbicides and pesticides, right?
12 Ways to Rid the Planet of GMOs and Monsanto’s Roundup
Ronnie Cummins – It is now blatantly obvious that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are nothing more than patented Pesticide Delivery Systems (PDS) designed to increase sales of poisonous agrochemicals such as Roundup, glufosinate…
The Link Between Mushrooms, Bees, and Mass Extinction
Alex Pietrowski – Deforestation is the biggest threat facing humanity, and a respected mushroom researcher has discovered how deforestation damages bees…
Why Are the Farmers Depressed and Suicidal?
Heather Callaghan – These chemicals that farmers use, look what they do to an insect. What is it doing to the farmer?
This Discovery Makes Bee Die-Off Problem That Much Worse
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times Many arrows point to the bee decline. A Harvard professorrecently warned that Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is only the beginning for us. The ripple effect from new classes of pesticides is just getting started. But there’s more… The problems they face can be compared to a kaleidoscope, where the shapes are …
Not Just the Bees – Pesticides Wiping Out Birds Too
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times Netherlands researchers fear the second coming of Silent Spring. “Neonicotinoids were always regarded as selective toxins. But our results suggest that they may affect the entire ecosystem,” says Hans de Kroon of Radboud University and co-author of a study recently published in Nature journal. It’s not just the bees. There …
More Evidence Emerges That Insecticides Are Responsible For Collapse of Honey Bee Colonies
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times Two widely used neonicotinoids–a class of insecticide–appear to significantly harm honey bee colonies over the winter, particularly during colder winters, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The study replicated a 2012 finding from the same research group that found a link between low …
The Co-Evolution of Bees and Flowers: An Electric Symbiosis Not to Be Interrupted with Pesticide Chemicals
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times If you are still spraying your nursery flowers and plants with neonicotinoid insecticides, you are likely interrupting an age-old dance carried out between bees and flowers. Not only are bees dying from the use of these dangerous chemicals, but the act is interrupting a long and beneficial history between …
7 Things You Can Do to Help to Protect the Honeybee
Alex Pietrowski – Help to protect your local honeybees with these 7 great ideas.
This New Finding Explains Why Bees Are Disappearing
Amanda Froelich, Guest Waking Times The secret is out – bees have been disappearing for almost a decade now, and scientists are scrambling to understand why. Some sources relay that the colonies all across the world are vanishing due to pesticides, electromagnetic frequencies, mites, and even GMO crops, but what researches have recently found to be the cause of the …
Bee-Harming Pesticides May Impact Human Nervous System
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human’s developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EFSA says that current safety guidelines for two pesticides—acetamiprid and imidacloprid—may be too lax to protect …
It’s Time To Protect Our Bees
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times EU commissioners, Capitol Hill and international agencies are finally taking notice to mass bee deaths around the world. A few months after the groundbreaking decision to suspend the use of three neonicotinoids shown to be highly toxic to bees, the European Commission is moving forward again with a proposal …