Keyword: bee protection

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MEPs Block Moves to Weaken Bee Protection

31.10.2019 - Despite the European Standing Committee’s recent decision to add thiacloprid, the active ingredient in BayerCropScience’s Calypso and Biscayne insecticides, to the three other...

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BASF Files Legal Challenge in EU’s Fipronil Restrictions

08.11.2013 - BASF has taken the European Commission (EC) to court over plans to include the German group's insecticide fipronil in a two-year moratorium on products suspected of playing a role...

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Bayer Focuses Bee-saving Efforts on Varroa Parasite

18.10.2013 - As the European Union prepares to restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, suspected by some of at least contributing to the phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)...

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EU Could Impose Pesticide Ban to Protect Bees

15.03.2013 - EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...