Connecticut will sharply limit the use of neonicotinoid pesticides starting in 2027 under a new state law that advocates say ...

Overall, the diminishing honeybee population is a complex issue – there are a variety of different subspecies around the world, each with different food sources, predators, and environmental issues.

It is now widely accepted that bee populations can be threatened by compounds called neonicotinoids, which are the most commonly used insecticides in the world. Neonicotinoids can also enter the human ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Western bumblebees are becoming less common in Colorado, dropping nearly 60% since 1998 due to impacts from climate change and the use of a certain pesticide ...

California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has proposed limiting the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on farms to protect pollinators. “At certain levels of exposure, neonicotinoids present ...

In this illustration, the red-shaded area represents the relative concentration of a neonicotinoid pesticide and the blue-shaded area represents the relative concentration of the soybean aphid ...

The controversy over possible links between massive bee die-offs and agricultural pesticides has overshadowed another threat: the use of those same pesticides in backyards and gardens. Neonicotinoid ...

NEONICOTINOIDS are so good at killing things which suck the sap and chew the flesh of crops that they have become the world’s most widely used family of insecticides. For decades, though, there has ...