Review of Bee Health

New Zealand EPA keeps watching brief on Canada’s neonicotinoid decision

Editor’s Note: The Australian government performed a comprehensive review of neonicotinoids, for more information about government evaluations of neonics, see here.

From: New Zealand EPA via Scoop.co.nz

EPA keeps watching brief on Canada’s neonicotinoid decision

The EPA is keeping a watching brief on international developments following Health Canada’s proposed re-evaluation decision of agricultural use of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid, which it states is unsustainable.

The announcement, on November 24, came at the same time as Health Canada announced a Special Review of two other neonicotinoids: clothianidin and thiamethoxam.

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La lucha contra la varroa, principal campo de batalla para la apicultura en Salamanca

Editor’s Note: The English below is via Google Translation.

From: Salamanca

The fight against varroa, the main battlefield for beekeeping in Salamanca

Beekeepers denounce and acknowledge that varroa is already the main concern for beekeeping, which also causes other diseases.

The varroa has already become ‘official’ in the main concern of beekeepers, whose death rate of hives soars and their control and struggle is one of the main challenges for professionals in the province of Salamanca and all Castilla y León.  

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