Bees: How Many Colonies Does Agriculture Hurt?
Agriculture Myth Busting Food is nothing without pollinators and, in Canada, bees are of particular importance. A third of all Canadian food is produced …
Bees
Neonicotinoids and Honeybees: Are agricultural chemicals harming honeybees?
A meta-analysis of field experiment data Pollinators play a crucial role in the production of food crops. While many crops are open pollinated, meaning they …
The Buzz on Neonicotinoids
By Kaytlin Robertson, University of Saskatchewan student Neonicotinoids are commonly used agricultural systemic pesticides typically applied to the seed and transferred through the vascular system to the …
The Buzz on Bees
Are Farm Chemical Harming Bee Populations? Over the past decade, there has been considerable discussion and debate about what is responsible for the decrease in …