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- Ace Hardware boosts efforts to phase out neonicotinoid pesticides Tue, 17 Sep 19, 3:30amThe world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative, Ace Hardware, is becoming more “bee-friendly” by phasing out inventory products associated with neonicotinoid pesticides...
- "Bee-friendly" plants sold in the UK are coated in harmful pesticides Wed, 17 May 17, 4:38amConscientious buyers know to look for plants that aren't covered in bee-killing pesticides, but as it turns out, those plants may be doing more harm than good...
- Neonicotinoid insecticides kill honeybee sperm Mon, 1 Aug 16, 11:42pmA new scientific study adds to the growing amount of evidence that shows pesticides are harming bees. The study published this month in Proceedings of the Royal Society B is the first to look at how neonicotinoid insecticides...
- USDA links insecticide to 20 year decline in monarch butterfly populations Wed, 8 Apr 15, 1:01amPlanting a butterfly garden isn't enough to help monarchs thrive in North America, according to the USDA. A new study published last week in the journal Science and Nature illustrates the deadly relationship between the...