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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 14:10 UTC

Tag: Europe bees

  • Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 20:07 UTC

    Brazilian bees decimated by pesticides which are banned in Europe

    As some of the most integral pollinators in nature, bees contribute to the reproduction of various plants

    More than half a billion bees dropped dead in Brazil within just three months, according to Bloomberg. Researchers say the main cause of death is pesticides, which could end up affecting more than the bees.

  • Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 10:22 UTC

    Bees victory: EU votes for a near total ban on insecticides

    Campaigners dressed in black and yellow bee suits rallied outside the headquarters of the EC in Brussels ahead of the vote for a ban on three key pesticide chemicals.(Pic AFP)

    European Union countries voted on Friday for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a “beacon of hope” for the winged insects. Bees help pollinate 90 percent of the world’s major crops, but in recent years have been dying off from “colony collapse disorder,” a mysterious scourge blamed on mites, pesticides, virus, fungus, or a combination of these factors.

  • Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

    Europe short of bees to pollinate crops, warns report from Reading university

    Europe as a whole has two-thirds of the honeybees it needs for pollination, according to the report from Dr. Breeze

    Europe needs an extra seven billion bees to pollinate its crops, with Britain in the poor position of having less than a quarter of the honeybees it requires. The demand for insect pollination across Europe is outpacing the growth of honeybee colonies as farmers grow more oil-bearing crops like oilseed rape and sunflowers, and also fruit.