Tag Archive for 'imidacloprid'
European Food Safety Authority identifies risks to bees from three neonicotinoid insecticides
January 16th, 2013 by European Food Safety Authority
European Food Safety Authority scientists have identified a number of risks posed to bees by three neonicotinoid insecticides: clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. The Authority was asked by the European Commission to assess the risks associated with the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam as seed treatment or as granules, with particular regard to: their acute […]
Bee colonies suffer when exposed to a combination of pesticides
October 22nd, 2012 by Royal Holloway University of London
The behaviour of bees and the success of their colonies are significantly affected when exposed to a combination of pesticides, according to research from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London published in the paper ‘Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual-and colony-level traits in bees‘ in Nature. The researchers, Dr Richard […]
Pesticide and herbicide risk to bees that are vital for our food supply
May 25th, 2012 by Friends of the Earth
According to the UK government’s Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) pesticide use rose by 6.5% between 2005 and 2010. Trends in the use of pesticides have varied strongly between UK crops over the past five years but overall pesticide use rose 6.5% due to increasing treatment intensity on a number of crops including those […]
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