by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
A pesticide approved eight years ago by the EPA may be killing off bees. They’ve been ordered to take a closer look, at last. Cyantraniliprole (CTP), a pesticide meant to protect agricultural crops from insect depredation, was approved by the Environmental...
by Admin | Jun 6, 2016 | Articles, Climate Change
A recent study from Purdue University has found that bees collect the vast majority of their pollen from uncultivated crops, but that they still come into contact with a lot of pesticides and herbicides which pose a threat to them. While bees do collect pollen from...