The mosquito is by some way the deadliest animal in the world. In terms of the number of human victims they claim each year nothing comes...
Neonicotinoid and fipronil insecticides pose a major risk to a variety of species, including declining pollinators and are affecting global food systems, according to a team...
English honey bees benefitted from this year’s mild winter and improved colony survival rate, but experts noted that the loss is still too high. Winter survey...
New research by Greenpeace has revealed that the pollen collected by European bees contains a ‘toxic cocktail’ of up to 17 different pesticides. Data collected in...
Australian scientists are attaching minute sensors to honeybees to track their movements, in an effort to improve understanding of what is causing the potentially devastating loss...
A North Yorkshire-based egg producer has joined forces with a leading bumblebee charity in an effort to make its farm more bee-friendly and prevent further population...
The government has published a statement explaining that it must accept the EU ban of the pesticides linked to bee deaths, but that it rejects the...
A leading agrochemicals group has submitted a legal challenge to the European commission, over its decision to suspend the use of a pesticide that it said...
You’ve probably never really had the urge to stick your head into a beehive, but now, thanks to Explore and its new live feed straight from...
A majority of EU member states have backed proposals to restrict the use of a fourth insecticide that scientists have found is harmful to honeybees. Experts...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched an “urgent review” and a national strategy to tackle the decline of honeybees and other pollinators....
Thousands of bees found dead in a car park in Oregon, US, were inadvertently killed by pesticides used to rid trees of aphids, according to the...
Two studies have revealed that the use of some agricultural pesticides, even at normal levels, can cause biodiversity loss and impact invertebrates in Europe and overseas...
EU member states have voted to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides that studies have shown are harmful to bees. The decision means the European commission...
A coalition of campaign groups are taking to the streets of London to urge the government to get behind plans to ban three harmful streams of...