A honey bee in Mettler, Calif. (photo: Department of Water Resources) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service reported winter honey bees have a higher resistance to ...

This news release is available in German. Leipzig/ Landau. Streams within approx. 40% of the global land surface are at risk from the application of insecticides. These were the results from the first ...

Kansas House committee explores controversy over pesticide regulation and advances bill proponents hope will protect chemical ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 16, 2015) According to a new study, regulatory limits for insecticides are exceeded in over half of contaminated water samples collected from around the world. The study was ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Nicotine-related insecticides widely used on crops are finding their way into the food we eat and the water we drink, two national studies published in the past two months have ...

These strategies make future GSS development faster, less complex and less resource intensive, significantly expanding the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review a lawsuit over glyphosate’s alleged cancer risks could have much broader effects ...

DuPont has donated more than 30 U.S. and foreign patents for two agricultural insecticides to the Purdue Research Foundation, said Thomas Woods, the company's director of intellectual assets ...

Neonicotinoids are pesticides widely used to coat the seeds of agricultural plants, especially corn. But some evidence suggests these chemicals... Are Agriculture's Most Popular Insecticides Killing ...

Tom Puterbaugh, Spensa Technologies vice president of products, and Spensa CEO Johnny Park prepare to install Z-Traps in an apple orchard. The Z-Trap is a Purdue discovery that has the potential to ...

WILSONVILLE, OREGON -- June 18, 2013 -- A bumblebee dies after falling off a Landen tree at Town Loop Shopping Center parking lot. An estimated 25,000 bumblebees were found dead beginning Saturday, ...

Environmentalists and beekeepers are calling on the government to ban some of the country's most widely used insect-killing chemicals. The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, became popular among ...