MN beekeeper: Feds must tighten rules on insecticide coated seeds Minnesota Public Radio News Jeff Anderson is a beekeeper and the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that seeks to force the Environmental Protection Agency to label insecticide-coated seeds. Minnesota beekeeper sues EPA over insecticide-coated seeds - TwinCities.com Pioneer Press Full Coverage
First-of-its-kind assessment delivers on President Obama’s National Pollinator Strategy WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the neonicotinoid insecticide, imidacloprid, which shows a threat to some pollinators. EPA’s assessment, prepared in collaboration with California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation, indicates that imidacloprid potentially poses risk to hives when the pesticide comes in contact with certain …
The Iowa Honey Producers Association have announced the immediate availability of www.BeeLaws.org. This website helps Iowa residents learn their city’s ordinances related to beekeeping. It is believed to be the first searchable bee law website in the nation. Anyone curious about placing a bee hive can open the website, choose a city listed on the front page, read pertinent excerpts from …
(Courtesy of the National Honey Board) Hello 2016! Is there anything as beautiful as the start of a new year? So new and fresh, without a single blemish or “what if” attached to it. We all come into the new year with eyes full of wonder and hopes of all the things we wish to accomplish this year. Maybe it’s something as …