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The red-belted bumblebee, shown here visiting a lupine, is among the species shown to be “responding very badly” to climate changes across continents. (Jeremy Kerr photo)

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 9, 2015

A study of the shrinking range of bumblebee habitat suggests farmers relying on those species to pollinate crops may soon have to look elsewhere, barring a reversal of climate change — or, perhaps, an “assisted migration.” An international study of specimens from 31 species of bumblebees in North America and 36 such species in Europe, as

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Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Conservation of wild pollinators can’t be based on economics alone

By University Of Vermont June 22, 2015

A major international study published in Nature Communications, suggests that only two per cent of wild bee species pollinate 80 per cent of bee-pollinated crops worldwide. The study is one of the largest on bee pollination to date. While agricultural development and pesticides have been shown to produce sharp declines in many wild bee populations,

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

By Laura Rance-Unger June 15, 2015

In our business, getting the facts right and keeping them in context is a constant challenge. Such is the case with the materials circulated as part of the Buzzing Gardens campaign rolled out last week by Bees Matter, an industry group formed to present information on bee health. It offers free flower seeds to gardeners

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GFO seeks longer comment period on neonic regs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 27, 2015

Grain Farmers of Ontario wants the province’s environment ministry to reconsider the rush on the comment period for its proposed new controls on neonicotinoid seed treatments. The province has given the public, farmers included, a 45-day period ending May 7 to comment on its proposed regulations. “This is one of the busiest times of the

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Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News April 8, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– Evidence is mounting that widely-used pesticides harm moths, butterflies and birds as well as bees, adding to concerns crop production could be hit by a shortage of pollinators, according to a report drawn up for EU policymakers. The European Commission, the EU executive, placed restrictions on three neonicotinoid pesticides from Dec.

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Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2015

Proposed new controls on the use and sale of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario are up for public comment between now and early May. The provincial government made its move Monday — three days ahead of a scheduled meeting between Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal and Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman

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Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure

Another study sheds light on why neonicotinoids and bees don’t mix

By University Of Guelph July 30, 2014

A RFID study co-authored by a University of Guelph scientist that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny radio frequency tags shows long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees’ ability to forage for pollen. The research by Nigel Raine, a professor in Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences, and Richard Gill of Imperial College London was published

Phil Veldhuis, Vona Guiler and their children Jayna and Timmy are this year’s Red River Exhibition Farm Family of the Year.

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Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Starbuck-area producers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler embrace a modern model of Manitoba homesteading

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 12, 2014

Starbuck-area honey farmers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler have been named the Red River Exhibition Association’s 2014 Farm Family of the Year. The couple, who with their children Timmy and Jayna operate Phil’s Honey, are the 49th Manitoba farm family to be honoured by the Red River Exhibition Association (RREA) since the award’s inception in

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MAFRI pest and disease report for June 25

June 26, 2013

Manitoba Agriculture has posted its weekly insect and disease update for June 25. View the full report. Highlights • Flea beetle numbers are starting to decline, and cutworms are advancing into their final larval stages or starting to turn to pupae. • Grasshoppers hatch continues, check field edges and other suitable egg-laying areas to determine

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Beekeepers ask courts to ban controversial pesticides

By Carey Gillam March 28, 2013

U.S. environmental regulators are failing to protect honeybees and should immediately suspend use of some toxic insecticides tied to the widespread deaths of bees, charges a new lawsuit. “It is a catastrophe in progress,” said migratory beekeeper Steve Ellis, who maintains 2,000 hives for pollinating crops from Minnesota to California. “We have an ongoing problem

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

Tag Archives Pollinators

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

GFO seeks longer comment period on neonic regs

Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure

Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

MAFRI pest and disease report for June 25

Beekeepers ask courts to ban controversial pesticides

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