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Billions of honey bees have been disappearing from hives across the United States, a phenomenon scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony collapse is significant because many agricultural crops depend on pollination by bees. While all of the causes of this disaster are yet to be established, strong evidence suggests a link to Bayer's insecticide imidacloprid.
TAKE ACTION! Tell the USDA and EPA: Ban imidacloprid!
Bees in the News
- 10/24/12 - Do Bayer's Pesticides Make Worker Bees Lazy?
- 08/22/12 - Stop GMO Bt Corn Before It Kills Again!
- 06/22/12 - Honeybees Aren't the Only Pollinators in Danger
- 05/29/12 - A Last (Chemical) Gasp for Bees?
- 05/17/12 - 90 Percent of Corn Seeds Are Coated With Bayer's Bee-Decimating Pesticide
- 05/09/12 - How Feral Pollinators May Help Prevent Colony Collapse Disorder
- 04/28/12 - Vanishing of the Bees
- 04/22/12 - Colony Collapse Disorder and Pesticides
- 04/20/12 - Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm
- 04/11/12 - More Evidence Links Pesticides to Honeybee Losses
- 04/02/12 - Autism and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator?
- 03/30/12 - New Pesticides Linked to Bee Population Collapse
- 03/16/12 - Honeybee Deaths Linked to Corn Insecticides
- 02/20/12 - Study Says Insecticide Used with GM Corn Highly Toxic to Bees
- 02/14/12 - GM Corn Insecticide Highly Toxic To Bees
- 02/12/12 - Have Bees Become Canaries In the Coal Mine? Why Massive Bee Dieoffs May Be a Warning About Our Own Health
- 01/28/12 - Bee Colony Collapse Disorder May Affect Our Food Supply
- 01/23/12 - Beekeepers Worry about Threats to Hives, Including Chemicals
- 01/15/12 - Scientists Link Mass Death of British Bees to Farm Pesticides
- 01/06/12 - Take Action: Save the Bees!
- 01/06/12 - "Zombie" Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees
- 01/05/12 - Deadly Parasite Turns Bay Area Honeybees into Zombie Slaves
- 10/28/11 - Monsanto Invests in Pollinator Research, Ignores Effects of Pesticides
- 10/05/11 - Monsanto Buys Beeologics, Claims to be Working to Save Bees
- 09/25/11 - What Causes Bee Colony Collapse Disorder?
- 09/08/11 - EU Court rules on GMO Contamination; Opens Door to Biotech Liability
- 08/24/11 - Airport Beekeeping Project is a Win-Win-Win
- 07/05/11 - EPA Risks Killing Bees to Fight Invasive Stink Bugs
- 05/21/11 - The 'Honeybee Underground' Rescues Bees, Promotes Backyard Beekeeping in a Neighborhood Near You
- 05/12/11 - Why Mobile Phones May Make Bees Buzz Off
- 04/25/11 - Sacred Tobacco Teachings Illuminate Bee Colony Collapse Catastrophe
- 04/07/11 - Should Some Pesticides be Banned to Protect Bees?
- 04/05/11 - Honeybees 'Entomb' Hives to Protect Against Pesticides, Say Scientists
- 03/30/11 - New Bayer Pesticide Linked to Bee Decline
- 03/15/11 - Are Regulators Doing Enough to Prevent Bee Die-Offs?
- 03/10/11 - Decline of Honey Bees Now a Global Phenomenon, Says United Nations
- 01/24/11 - Top USDA Bee Researcher Also Found Bayer Pesticide Harmful to Honeybees
- 01/21/11 - Call to Ban Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths
- 01/12/11 - Beekeepers Fume at Association's Endorsement of Fatal Insecticides
- 01/04/11 - Researchers Find "Alarming" Decline In Bumblebees
- 12/27/10 - EPA Swats Away Controversy Over Bee-Killing Pesticide
- 12/26/10 - Flower Sharing May Be Unsafe For Bees
- 12/11/10 - Leaked Memo Sheds Light on Mysterious Bee Die-Offs and Who's to Blame
- 12/06/10 - New Trailer for the Film the Vanishing of the Bees
- 11/17/10 - British Beekeepers Association to Stop Endorsing Bee-Killing Pesticides
- 10/11/10 - What a Scientist Didn't Tell the NY Times on Honeybee Deaths
- 10/07/10 - New Research on Colony Collapse Disorder by Army and Entomologists
- 08/18/10 - Answer to Declining Bee Population Sought in N.D. Prairie
- 07/05/10 - Recent Hive Thefts Show Bee Crisis Reaching Epic Proportions in Germany
- 06/24/10 - Group Seeks Endangered Listing for Bumblebee
- 06/22/10 - Bee Decline Could be Down to Chemical Cocktail Interfering with Brains
- 05/29/10 - Popular Urban Pesticide Under Scrutiny
- 05/23/10 - Mysterious Bee Disease on the Rise in Erie Region
- 05/03/10 - Fears for Crops as Shock Figures Show Scale of Bee Catastrophe
- 03/22/10 - Bees Face 'Unprecedented' Pesticide Exposures At Home And Afield
More Bee Headlines
The Vanishing
of the Bees
A New Documentary Film Exploring "Colony Collapse Disorder" and the Fate of Agriculture
The Vanishing of the Bees Trailer
Bee Science Articles
- 02/20/12 - Study Says Insecticide Used with GM Corn Highly Toxic to Bees
- 01/21/11 - Call to Ban Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths
- 12/24/08 - Bee Learning Behavior Affected by Eating Toxin from GE Corn
- 08/26/08 - New Research Finds Higher-Than-Expected Levels of Pesticides in Hives
- 05/08/08 - Honeybee Hives in U.S. Seeing Continued Decline, Survey Says
- 05/05/08 - Air Pollution Impedes Bees' Ability to Find Flowers
- 09/07/07 - Study Points to Virus in Collapse of Honeybee Colonies
- 05/04/07 - What's The Buzz? Scientists Explore Pesticide Poisoning of Bees
- 04/26/07 - Requiem for the Honeybee
- 03/24/07 - Are Genetically Engineered Crops & Industrial Agriculture Killing off the Bees?
Links
The Centre for Organic Beekeeping
- A European organization for apiculture. They are focused on saving and preserving the bee, organically, using old-world practices and new-world training methods.
Organic Bee Keeping: A Partial Solution to Colony Collapse Disorder
- Few organic bee keepers have reported bee losses, which suggests that natural and organic bee keeping methods may be the solution. Natural Beekeeping by Ross Conrad is an excellent book, explaining both the roots of the current bee crisis and long-term solutions for healthy bee hives.
Queen of the Sun: What are the bees telling us?
- Featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers from around the world, this engaging, alarming and ultimately uplifting film examines the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers.