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 ...

Even as they try to help the bees, people may inadvertently poison them by planting pesticide-laden plants purchased from big-box garden centers, suggests a new report. More than half of ostensibly ...

A small team of environmentalists with Friends of the Earth, Toxicology Research International and Pesticide Research Institute has carried out a study of insecticide toxicity loading of chemical ...

Neonicotinoids are currently the most widely used pesticides in the world and frequently make headlines because of their harmful effects on honeybees and other insect pollinators. Now, a study ...

A second summary in as many years on the scientific evidence about the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees has been published by scientists. The research team was asked to update its findings ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Since 2013, a European Union (EU) moratorium has restricted the application of three neonicotinoids to crops that attract bees because of the harmful effects they are deemed to have on these insects.

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 ...

New research has identified the world’s most widely used insecticides as the key factor in the recent reduction in numbers of farmland birds. The finding represents a significant escalation of the ...