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Nine garden centre chains including B&Q and Homebase stock product containing neonicotinoid linked to bee declines, says Ethical Consumer

Garden centres are being urged to withdraw products which contain a type of pesticide linked to bee declines.

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Two Hebridean islands are to become the UK’s first reserve for native honeybees after a ruling by the Scottish government.

The islands of Colonsay and Oronsay have about 50 colonies and the new order aims to protect them from cross-breeding and disea

In its response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Pollinators and Pesticides, the government rejects the mounting peer-reviewed evidence that led the European Commission to conclude that a moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoid ins

Cornflowers, poppies, buttercups and other wildflowers will be blooming across the city this summer as part of a three year, £1.3 million research project led by the University of Bristol.

University scientists are planting flower meadows in the city

It is feared that the increased popularity of urban bee hives is actually doing more harm than good.

The Telegraph reports that the number of hives in London alone doubled from 1,677 to more than 3,500, in the five years from 2008 to 2013.

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Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, University of Sussex scientists have warned.

The call follows the discovery of parasites in over three-quarters

The European Commission has banned the use of insecticide, fipronil, after fears about the damage it was doing to bees.

Widely used across Europe by farmers, fipronil will be banned from use on corn and sunflowers from the end of 2013, after member s

A third of all honey bee colonies were lost over the winter of 2012/2013 – more than double the losses of the previous year – with increased losses recorded in all regions of England.

The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) today announced the resu

A widely used insect nerve agent has been labelled a "high acute risk" to honeybees by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). A similar assessment by the EFSA on three other insecticides preceded the suspension of their use in the European Union.

Bayer AG and Syngenta AG face more pressure over crop chemicals suspected in bee-deaths as retailers including Sainsbury's, the UK’s third largest supermarket chain, said they’re looking into the matter.

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