Tag: bees

We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.

New research reveals pollinator shortages impacting up to two-Thirds of farms worldwide, jeopardizing global food security.

The bill will limit the use of neonics to trained professionals beginning in 2025.

"Studies show that the widespread adoption of systemic insecticides has made our landscapes 48 times more deadly for pollinators like honeybees."

“I think there’s an opportunity here to do what’s right for the environment."

“These insecticides are not helping the productivity of crops on fields — it seems an amazing effort to blanket all these acres with something that doesn’t have a return on investment."

Science has shown that coating seeds with pesticides is not only ineffective, but can cause real harm to pollinators, workers, and farmers."

The latest research offers another argument that U.S. regulators should follow the EU and ban neonicotinoids.

thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.

The pollinator health policy will "source 100 percent of the fresh produce and floral we sell in our in-store produce department from suppliers that adopt integrated pest management practices, as verified by a third-party, by 2025."