2 June 2021 With habitat loss being the biggest threat to pollinators in Ireland, many people are looking to bee hotels as a simple way of turning the tide. Bee hotels are artificial nesting structures that are designed to attract pollinators by giving them small cavities for egg-laying. In recent Read more…
May 9th, 2017 Donnybrook TidyTowns are delighted with their latest contribution to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. The project, known as the ‘Buzz Shelter’, was to convert the dull, dreary and derelict looking concrete space of an ESB substation into a much-needed refuge for pollinator bees. [x_image type=”none” float=”none” src=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Bee-Bee-Shelters-Donnybrook.jpg” info=”none” 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…
