May 24th, 2019 Researchers from NUI Galway have launched Europe’s first-ever online nationwide citizen survey to capture data on where honeybee colonies currently exist on our island. The study is to be carried out in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, the Native Irish Honey Bee Society (NIHBS) and Read more…
February 24th 2017 Agrichemical giants, Bayer and Syngenta, are back in the European courts attempting to have the European Commission’s neonicotinoid ban overturned. Following on from two separate reviews by the European Food and Safety Authority (ESFA) in 2013, the European Commission imposed a ban on three neonicotinoids; clothianidin, imidacloprid Read more…
August 25th, 2016 A new pesticide, found to be harmful to bees, is currently awaiting approval for sale in Ireland. Developed by agrochemical firm Bayer, flupyradifurone is the first in a new class of pesticide called Butenolides. Environmental groups PAN Europe and Bee Life say, however, that its chemical structure and Read more…
