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  • Tell California: The Bees Can’t Wait

    Tell California: The Bees Can’t Wait

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    By Beyond Pesticides • Previously Published on Honey Colony In a blow to the adoption of urgently needed protections for the honey bee and other pollinators, the California State Senate voted 35-1 to delay action on harmful neonicotinoid, or “neonic,” pesticides until 2020. While advocates want mandates for regulatory action to ensure honey bee protection, the timeline in…

  • Pesticide Cocktail Anyone?

    Pesticide Cocktail Anyone?

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    By Dr. Christopher Connolly, Buzzworthy Blogs Why do we need to kill insects with pesticide cocktails? Insecticide. In-secti-cide. Pronounciation: /ɪnˈsektɪsīd/ “A substance used to kill insects” Well, the human population on Earth has grown in recent times. About 10,000 years ago (Stone Age) there were roughly five to 50 million humans. By AD 1, there were…