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New Steps to Promote Pollinator Health

May 19, 2015

President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing an interagency Task Force to create a Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators. Today, under the leadership of the U.S.

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Do You Need to Use Insecticide-Treated Corn and Soybean Seed?

November 13, 2014

Is it possible to have a successful growing season without using neonicotinoid treated seeds? This website examines the factors that determine whether or not pest populations will grow.

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Diet Affects Pesticide Resistance in Honey Bees

November 13, 2014

Feeding honey bees a natural diet of pollen makes them significantly more resistant to pesticides than feeding them an artificial diet, according to a team of researchers, who also found that pesticide exposure causes changes in expression of gene

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State Raises Possibility of Banning Neonicotinoids

November 13, 2014

Minnesota regulators, for the first time, are considering banning or restricting a controversial class of insecticides that has been linked to honeybee deaths.

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