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Stay buzzing with the latest updates on pollinator protection, biodiversity, and our fight for a greener future!
Feb 15, 2017
Bee Emergency Call
Bees are still under threat from abuse of pesticides. Four pesticides which are highly toxic to bees (including neonicotinoids and...
Jan 11, 2017
Neonicotinoids: Industry directs today a Farce of misleading information. Will the European Commissi
PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 11 January 2017 The provision of false or incomplete information is a very common tactic the industry makes use...
Nov 16, 2016
“The Great Pesticide Debate”, or how journalism turns into the Roman circus
A “Great Pesticide Debate” was held on today, 16t h of November in Brussels for stakeholders of the agricultural and environmental sector...
Oct 25, 2016
Tactics Used by Agro-Chemical Industries to Impose and Maintain Harmful Pesticides on the Market
In 2013, the European Commission imposed restrictions on the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, thiamethoxam and...
Jun 22, 2016
Struggle for the Implementation of New Pesticide Assessment Methods with Regards to Bees - The Truth
PRESS RELEASE - Louvain la Neuve, June 22, 2016 In 2013, the EFSA updated the methodology for carrying out the risk assessment of...
Jun 21, 2016
2016 Bee Week
PRESS RELEASE - Louvain la Neuve, June 21, 2016 The 2016 Bee Week took place between the 13th and 16th of June in the European Parliament...
Nov 13, 2015
Flupyradifurone : second bee-toxic neonicotinoid authorized by DG Sante in 3 months...
PAN-Europe and Bee Life PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 13 November 2015 Flupyradifurone : second bee-toxic neonicotinoid authorized by DG Sante...
Nov 3, 2015
Bee Life challenges the authorization of sulfoxaflor at EU Court of Justice
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Louvain la Neuve, 3 Novembre 2015 Le 22 Octobre 2015, Bee Life, UNAAPI et PAN Europe ont introduit conjointement un...
Oct 14, 2015
European attempts to say no to Sulfoxaflor, another systemic insecticide just authorised by the Comm
PRESS RELEASE Bruxelles, 14 October 2015 On the 27 July 2015, the EU Commission and EU Member States agreed to authorise the release of a...
Aug 13, 2015
Shock and dismay as the EU allows a new bee-killing insecticide
Press Release Shock and dismay as the EU allows a new bee-killing insecticide When would policymakers learn from past decisions? On...
Aug 11, 2015
Neonicotinoids: British government puts bees at risk
PRESS RELEASE Neonicotinoids: British government puts bees at risk In the UK, farmers will be able to use EU banned pesticides linked to...
Apr 16, 2015
Slovenian beekeepers at the EU Parliament to protect the bees: a whole country full of Common sense
On the 16th of March, the Slovenian Beekeeper’s Association and european deputies from Slovenia organised the event ‘Save the bees’ at...
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