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14 Ways to Protect Bees when Planting Corn, Soybeans this Spring
2013-03-29 20:46:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Ohio State University There are concerns with possible bee kills from the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments when planting corn. The neonicotinoids, when applied to the seed, get mixed with the talc that is used to allow seeds to flow more easily in the planters, and then the insecticides plus talc enter the environment during planting or when the seed boxes are cleaned. This dust can settle on flowering plants and weeds that bees will use for forage, or perhaps contact the bees or nearby hives directly resulting in bee mortality. read more
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UPDATE 2-Pesticide makers, facing ban, propose plan to help bees
2013-03-28 11:24:25| Chemicals - Topix.net
Syngenta and Bayer , top producers of the pesticides blamed for a sharp fall in bee populations around the world, have proposed a plan to support bee health to try to forestall a European Union ban on the products.
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Bees are still dying an EU pesticide ban would be a start
2013-03-14 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When I wrote A World Without Bees to investigate why honeybees were mysteriously disappearing across the US and parts of Europe, one of the conclusions I came to having talked to beekeepers, scientists, farmers and pesticide manufacturers, and waded through piles of academic papers was that we must suspend the use of some neonicotinoid pesticides until we had a better idea of what harm they may be causing our bees. The European commission has an opportunity to do just that on Friday by voting...
Pop Star Is a Güd Thing for Burt's Bees
2013-02-22 15:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Carly Rae Jepsen is the new spokesmodel for Ruby Red Groovy products.
Pop Star Is a 'Gud' Thing for Burt's Bees
2013-02-22 15:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Carly Rae Jepsen is the new spokesmodel for Ruby Red Groovy products.
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