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Bee-killing neonicotinoids to be banned by European Commission

0 Three-quarters of the world’s agricultural food crops require pollination, most of which is done by bees. Our world food supplies – and thus our security – depends on them.

[multilanguage_switcher]Next month the European Food Safety Authority/EFSA will – according to reports *- propose a ban on 3 neonicotinoids, those pesticides which kill bees:

By ajh April 6, 2017
In France, News & features

France votes in ban on neonicotinoids

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The ban in France on neonicotinoids takes effect on 1st September 2018.  Dispensations for farmers will be possible up to July 2020.  Industrial giants Bayer and Syngenta warn of economic and agricultural deadlock while there are no plausible

By ajh July 24, 2016
In France, News & features

To Bee or not to Bee

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[multilanguage_switcher]If you went down to our woods eight years ago you’d have heard and seen ten beehives

By ajh June 6, 2016
In France, News & features, Normandy Notebook
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