Monthly Archives: February 2019

Massive die-offs of honeybees have taken place in Central Valley almond groves. While insecticides and fungicides aren’t harmful to bees on their own, an airborne mixture is lethal. Source: Study: Pesticide Mixture the Culprit in Almond Grove Bee Die-Offs This … Continue reading →

Foreign ministry says China is ‘ready to work with the international community to protect wildlife and curb international trade’. Source: Beijing backs jail term for Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ Yang Fenglan in Tanzania The butchering of elephants for their Ivory is … Continue reading →

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported this week that in 2018 it issued so-called “emergency” approvals to spray sulfoxaflor—an insecticide the agency considers “very highly toxic” to bees—on more than 16 million acres of crops known to attract bees. Source: … Continue reading →

A team of scientists from Germany’s University of Tübingen has discovered a novel and unusual sugar molecule that shows great potential as a natural herbicide. It is harmless to animals and humans but can effectively disrupt the growth of various … Continue reading →