Neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”) are nicotine-based insecticides that target the central nervous system of insect pests. They are systemic pesticides, meaning they are absorbed by the plant and contaminate all plant tissues

Neonicotinoid pesticides pose problems to the ecological health and safety of the EU. For this reason, under existing legislation, the Commission intends to apply the precautionary principle though legislative action.

The pressures on honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations, resulting from threats by modern pesticides, parasites, predators and diseases, have raised awareness of the economic importance and critical role this insect plays in agricultural societies across the globe.

We found universally positive associations of fruit set with flower visitation by wild insects in 41 crop systems worldwide.

Information provided by Byzantine Hagiography relating to the production, collection and consumption of honey is not copious but unique.

You might think honeybees are thriving – after all, the honey industry is growing and its bees are well looked after by beekeepers. But not all honeybees live in hives.

The European Commission has proposed a ban on three neonicotinoids – imidacloprid,clothianidin and thiamethoxam  – on all crops with the exception of crops grown in permanent greenhouses, “where the crop stays its entire life cycle within the greenhouse and is thus not replanted outside”

Doctor Alfred Dietz, from America, was invited to Paris by ANERCEA to give a conference on the theme of "Wintering Fertilized Queens in Banks".