Review of Bee Health

By Gary Baise

Defending Agriculture

Coated seeds will continue to be exempt from EPA regulation under FIFRA.

On Nov. 21, 2016, EPA won an important case for American farmers. EPA defended farmers’ rights to plant seeds coated with neonicotinoids – a class of insecticides that kill insects by affecting central nervous system. Coated seeds will continue to be exempt from EPA regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) because of this court case.

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. . . .According to USDA, even with CCD, honey bee colonies have risen since 2006 from 2.4 million to 2.7 million in 2014. In fact, commercial  honey producing bee colonies “…is now the highest it has been in 20 years”.