Honey Bee News

1. Trump's EPA Puts Bee-killing Pesticide Back On The Market - Earthjustice

   1. Trump's EPA Puts Bee-killing Pesticide Back On The Market  Earthjustice
   2. EPA to allow use of pesticide considered ‘very highly toxic’ to bees  Washington Post
   3. Environmental Protection Agency to allow once-banned pesticide that beekeepers say "decimate beneficial insects"  CBS News
   4. EPA expands use of pesticide that can be toxic to bees  CNN
   5. Trump administration to approve pesticide that may harm bees  The Guardian
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2. EPA Approves Bee-Killing Pesticide After U.S. Quits Tracking Vanishing Hives - HuffPost

   EPA Approves Bee-Killing Pesticide After U.S. Quits Tracking Vanishing Hives  HuffPost

   The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped restrictions on the use of a powerful pesticide known to be particularly lethal to honeybees for some 190...

3. USDA Indefinitely Suspends Honey Bee Tracking Survey as States Get Approval to Use Bee-Killing Pesticide - Common Dreams

   USDA Indefinitely Suspends Honey Bee Tracking Survey as States Get Approval to Use Bee-Killing Pesticide  Common Dreams

   "Yet another example of the Trump administration systematically undermining federal research on food safety, farm productivity, and the public interest writ large.

4. Bees and Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Trump Administration's Anti-Science Efforts - Earthjustice

   Bees and Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Trump Administration's Anti-Science Efforts  Earthjustice

   It's been a particularly terrible summer for bees. Recently, the U.S. EPA announced it is allowing the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor back on the market. And just...

5. EPA lifts ban on pesticide proven to be toxic to honeybees - Inhabitat

   EPA lifts ban on pesticide proven to be toxic to honeybees  Inhabitat

   The EPA re-approved the use of Sulfoxaflor, a highly effective crop pesticide, despite their own studies proving the chemical is toxic to honey bees.

6. McDermott: From guns to taxes to honey bees, GOP policy goals rely on blissful ignorance. - STLtoday.com

   McDermott: From guns to taxes to honey bees, GOP policy goals rely on blissful ignorance.  STLtoday.com

   A recent Trump administration edict slashing federal data collection of honey bee populations was presented as a budget-cutting move. But critics say it has a...

7. Bees are dying. Would a consumer ban on this kind of pesticide help? - Miami Herald

   Bees are dying. Would a consumer ban on this kind of pesticide help?  Miami Herald

   If you find yourself sipping a cold brew with a piece of watermelon in your hand this summer, you can thank the bees for making that snack possible.