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Syngenta withdraws application to use banned pesticide linked to bee harm

Posted on July 7, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… I’m not sure which neonic Syngenta wants to bring back here in Europe. Maybe all of the three which are temporarily banned: clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. [Edit] Soon after this story broke, I’m feeling cynical about it. Maybe … Continue reading →

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TTIP: Syngenta calls for harmonized safety standards

Posted on May 15, 2014 by argylesock

John Atkin is the Chief Operating Officer at the chemical and biotech giant Syngenta. Here’s a report showing an interview with Mr Atkin, in which he tells us how the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is great news. One … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer, miniculture | Tagged America, arthropod, Bayer, development, Europe, farmer, food, food safety, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, law, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, research, seed, sustainable, Syngenta, thiamethoxam, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, wild bee, yield | 3 Comments

Real impact of neonicotinoid seed dressings stays buried

Posted on May 14, 2014 by argylesock

A temporary European ban on three insect-killing chemicals called neonicotinoids has been in force since December 2013. These neonics are called clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. They’re used as seed dressings and soil treatments, among other things. Just after this ban … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology | Tagged arthropod, barley, clothianidin, crop, Europe, flower, grain, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, millet, neonicotinoid, oats, plant_monocot, pollination, pollution, rice, rye, seed, seed dressing, soil, sorghum, sowing, staple food, thiamethoxam, triticale, waterway, wheat, wild bee | 8 Comments

Harvard study links pesticides to bee deaths

Posted on May 13, 2014 by argylesock

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees (Apis mellifera) can be linked with low-dose insecticides. Philip Case at the UK magazine Farmers Weekly tells us about research in the States, where CCD is a huge problem. This is a serious matter … Continue reading →

Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture | Tagged academia, America, apiculture, arthropod, Bayer, behaviour, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, Europe, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microsporidian, neonicotinoid, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, Syngenta, thiamethoxam | 7 Comments

Revealed: the chemical blitz bees face in fields

Posted on January 30, 2014 by argylesock

Dave Goulson at The Conversation tells us about insecticides on British crops. Last year on oilseed rape (rapeseed, canola, Brassica napus) Prof Goulson found the neonicotinoid called thiamethoxam (which, by now, is temporarily banned), the pyrethroids called beta-cyfluthrin and alpha-cypermethrin, … Continue reading →

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Pollen angels: The E.U.’s ban on bee-killing pesticides begins. Will it help?

Posted on December 25, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Here in Europe our ban on neonics was bitterly fought. It was even opposed by our UK Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Owen Paterson. Now it’s in force but as Heather Smith says in … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, horticulture, miniculture | Tagged arthropod, bumblebee, clothianidin, conservation, crop, Europe, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, neonicotinoid, Paterson_Owen, pesticide, plant_dicot, politics, pollination, thiamethoxam, wild bee | 2 Comments

Pesticide makers have found a new way to kill bees

Posted on December 18, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Only a few days ago here in Europe, a temporary ban came into place on three neonics. Clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Now another neonic called sulfoxaflor, made by the chemical and biotech giant Dow AgroSciences, has been approved … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, bumblebee, butterfly, clothianidin, conservation, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, lepidopteran, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, sulfoxaflor, thiamethoxam, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, wild bee, wild pollinator | 2 Comments

Neonic ban starts today

Posted on December 1, 2013 by argylesock

Today a two-year ban on three insecticides called neonics (neonicotinoids) came into force across the European Union (EU). The neonics are used as seed dressings to reduce pest attacks. Their names are clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. The neonics have been … Continue reading →

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In the United States, new pesticide labels will better protect bees and other pollinators

Posted on August 18, 2013 by argylesock

This week the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ‘new pesticide labels that prohibit use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present.’ You can see the new label design here. These new labels are supposed to stop people … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture | Tagged apiculture, arthropod, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, conservation, dinotefuran, disease, entomoculture, farmer, gardener, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microlivestock, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, thiamethoxam, wild bee, wild pollinator | 12 Comments

David Heath wants neonics back

Posted on July 23, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain, our Minister of State for Agriculture and Food is David Heath. He’s not very impressed by the way three ‘bee killing’ neonicotinoids have been banned in the European Union (EU). Wildlife Extra tells us that Mr Heath … Continue reading →

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