“Beehive fences” generate buzz in efforts to protect elephants

Why are elephants afraid of bees?

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|2021-10-08T01:40:01-04:00October 11th, 2021|Comments Off on “Beehive fences” generate buzz in efforts to protect elephants

Saving pollinators from an imaginary bee-pocalypse

Honeybees are OK, despite varroa mites, the Covid-driven economy and other problems

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|2021-04-13T10:21:40-04:00April 14th, 2021|Comments Off on Saving pollinators from an imaginary bee-pocalypse

Banning neonics hurts farmers and bees

"Organic" pesticides, and other "organic" chemicals, are more dangerous to bees ... and people.

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|2020-07-14T06:51:40-04:00July 13th, 2020|Comments Off on Banning neonics hurts farmers and bees

Banning ‘neonics’ is bad for farmers and bees

Alternative pesticides -- including 'organic' pesticides -- are far more harmful to bees.

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|2020-06-27T12:29:19-04:00June 27th, 2020|Comments Off on Banning ‘neonics’ is bad for farmers and bees

New wound dressing tech could be sweet as honey

Honey is the perfect addition to tea, breakfast foods, and now…gauze for wounds?

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|2020-05-05T21:56:01-04:00May 5th, 2020|Comments Off on New wound dressing tech could be sweet as honey

Banning neonic pesticides in wildlife refuges would hurt birds, bees, and people

Activist junk science breeds bad policy

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|2019-12-09T21:41:51-05:00December 9th, 2019|Comments Off on Banning neonic pesticides in wildlife refuges would hurt birds, bees, and people

Bill to reinstate Obama pesticide ban ignores science

House legislation to ban neonicotinoids in wildlife refuges would hurt bees and wildlife.

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|2019-07-23T09:05:00-04:00July 23rd, 2019|Comments Off on Bill to reinstate Obama pesticide ban ignores science

For bee alarmists, Groundhog Day comes in June

Will activists finally admit their sins and break out of their pesticide-blaming time loop?

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|2019-06-30T17:41:07-04:00July 3rd, 2019|Comments Off on For bee alarmists, Groundhog Day comes in June

The crisis of integrity-deficient science

CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen calls out Duke University, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, and the British Center for Ecology and Hydrology for falsifying or fabricating data, ignoring critical data (and thus cherry-picking data for the "right" result), and other egregious sins -- with a special emphasis on how these and other institutions conspired to make neonicotinoid pesticides into bee killers rather than bee life savers (which they often are).

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|2017-07-08T18:47:31-04:00July 8th, 2017|Comments Off on The crisis of integrity-deficient science

Don’t bee-lieve the latest bee-pocalypse scare

As stubborn facts ruin their narrative that neonicotinoid pesticides are causing a honeybee-pocalypse, environmental pressure groups are shifting to new scares to justify their demands for “neonic” bans. Honeybee populations and colony numbers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere are growing. It is also becoming increasingly clear that the actual cause of bee die-offs and “colony collapse disorders” is not neonics, but a toxic mix of predatory mites, stomach fungi, other microscopic pests, and assorted chemicals employed by beekeepers trying to control the beehive infestations. Naturally, anti-pesticide activists have seized on a recent study purporting to show that [...]

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|2016-08-27T22:15:46-04:00August 27th, 2016|8 Comments

Stinging fears over ‘bee-pocalypse’

Actual field studies of bee populations in association with extensive neonicotinoid use in canola and corn production in Canada and elsewhere show no observable adverse effects on honeybee colonies.

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|2016-08-11T22:21:42-04:00August 11th, 2016|17 Comments

Beekeeepers blaming pesticides for bee losses could face bigger losses in court

Prodded by attorneys, beekeepers in Canada's Ontario Province have filed a lawsuit against pesticide manufacturers, claiming that neonicotinoids are killing their hives. But beekeepers in western Canadian provinces are seeking to opt out of the lawsuit, but the Siskinds law firm is not cooperating with their requests. Should the beekeepers lose in court, they will be obligated to pay court costs and perhaps damages. Perhaps they will have to file their own lawsuit against the plaintiffs.

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|2014-10-28T13:53:16-04:00October 28th, 2014|Comments Off on Beekeeepers blaming pesticides for bee losses could face bigger losses in court

Perils of commercial beekeeping

It is time for U.S. and Canadian regulators to "bee" smart -- and ignore calls for copying the EU and banning neonicotinoids. While it is true that harvesting the nation's almond crop puts stress on bee colonies and exposes them to parasites and diseases,

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|2014-04-06T01:12:53-04:00April 6th, 2014|Comments Off on Perils of commercial beekeeping

The buzz on bees: they are not going away!

Major losses in beehives year after year make it hard for beekeepers to turn a profit, and many have left the industry. “We can replace the bees, but we can’t replace beekeepers with 40 years of experience,” says Tim Tucker, vice president of the American Beekeeping Federation. But all these are different issues from whether bees are dying off in unprecedented numbers, and what is causing the losses.

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|2013-10-17T11:45:40-04:00September 8th, 2013|33 Comments

Radical Greens ignore science in their fight to “save the bees”

Activists aren’t asking for investigation into these problems – which calls their science, sincerity and integrity into question. Their track record on DDT and malaria underscores this modus operandi. The activists get money, publicity, power and phony solutions – and end up hurting the very things (bees and people) they profess to care so much about.

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|2013-05-20T11:21:22-04:00May 20th, 2013|4 Comments
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