A vote in the EU has paved the way for the European Commission to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths in scientific studies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22335520

BBC News website reports on a proposal from the EU on neonicotinoid insecticides with the European Commissioner for health and consumer policy Tonio Borg saying it was time for "swift and decisive action."  Read the story here.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), an independent body, released its report into the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bee health on Wednesday (16 January). The report concluded that: Exposure from pollen and nectar. Only uses on crops not attractive to honey bees were considered acceptable. Exposure from dust. A risk to honeybees was indicated … Continue reading Neonicotinoids Pose Danger to Bees Concludes EFSA

About 30 per cent of British cropland – 3.14 million acres – was being treated with neonicotinoid chemicals in 2010. Reports published in the journal Science on March 29th from British and French scientists, and extensively reported in the UK press today, confirm that both honey bees and bumble bees are seriously harmed by exposure to neonicotinoid … Continue reading Neoticotinoid Insecticide Poisoning – The Evidence Grows

The Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, will have to answer a question in the Commons from the former Home Office minister David Hanson about whether the Government will investigate if the effect of neonicotinoids on the grooming behaviour of bees is similar to its effect on termites.  Full report in the Independent