Widely used insecticides threaten to wipe out honey bees
From Green Right Now Reports Several years ago researchers pinpointed a class of insecticides known as neonicitinoids as having an especially devastating impact on honey bees. These types of pesticides...
View ArticleBees get a break in Europe
Green Right Now Reports Resisting industry pressure, a majority of European Union nations voted on Monday to ban bee-killing pesticides for two years. The temporary ban, hailed by environmentalists,...
View ArticleSave bees by skipping these pesticides
From Green Right Now Reports A bee on an Agastache plant. (Photo: GreenRightNow.com) By now we’ve all heard that honey bees are dying in record numbers across the planet, lost to a phenomenon known as...
View Article‘Show Bees Some Love’ campaign sends stinger Valentine’s to Home Depot and...
From Green Right Now Reports A coalition of environmental groups that asked followers to send Valentines to Lowes and Home Depot on behalf of honey bees, felt the love this week. But the home...
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