bees

Contact:
Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network, 916-216-1082

June 28, 2012

Contact:
Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network, (916) 216-1082

June 18, 2012

In the last few weeks beekeepers have reported staggering losses in Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio after their hives foraged on pesticide-treated corn fields. Indiana too, two years ago. What's going on in the Corn Belt?

This week PAN released Honey Bees and Pesticides: State of the Science, a 22-page report on the factors behind colony collapse disorder (CCD) with a sustained focus on the particular role of pesticides. 

Contact: 
Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network
916-216-1082, ptowers@panna.org

May 8, 2012