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Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees
13 oktober 2011Bumble bees (Bombus) are vitally important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops worldwide. Fragmentary observations, however, have suggested population…Hommels
White-nose syndrome is threatening North American bats – Bat expert Rob Mies talks about the deadly fungus
12 oktober 2011“White-nose syndrome is causing such catastrophic mortality that it may be the worst wildlife catastrophe in the last hundred years,”…Vleermuizen
Detection of Pesticides in Active and Depopulated Beehives in Uruguay
9 oktober 2011The influence of insecticides commonly used for agricultural purposes on beehive depopulation in Uruguay was investigated. Honeycombs, bees, honey and…Bijen
Decreased Functional Diversity and Biological Pest Control in Conventional Compared to Organic Crop Fields
9 oktober 2011We assessed 30 triticale fields (15 organic vs. 15 conventional) and recorded vascular plants, pollinators, aphids and their predators. Organic…Bijen
Loss of Butterfly Species in Southern Florida
7 oktober 2011Reports over the last decade point to steep, widespread declines of butterflies in Europe and North America, and increasing evidence…Vlinders
Late-arriving barn swallows linked to population declines
7 oktober 2011Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) are arriving later in the spring than they did 30–40 years ago at numerous sites in…Zwaluwen
Declines of prairie butterflies in the midwestern USA
7 oktober 2011Tallgrass prairie butterfly surveys in recent decades in four states in the USA indicate numerous declines of prairie-specialist butterflies including…Prairievogels
Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants
7 oktober 2011Widespread reports of low pollination rates suggest a recent anthropogenic decline in pollination that could threaten natural and agricultural ecosystems.…Bijen
A decline in pollinator dependent vegetable crop productivity in India indicates pollination limitation
7 oktober 2011Approximately 70% of the tropical crop species depend on pollinators for optimum yields. The economic value of such pollinated crops…Bijen
Jeffrey Gibbs: ‘The beekeepers in Australia are suffering losses from one end to the other’
6 oktober 2011The days of empty boxes being filled by swarms are over. Unless your bees are on a Eucalyptus honey flow…Bijen
Pesticides in Fresh Potatoes Sold in Farmers’ Markets in Alberta, Canada
4 oktober 2011Fresh potatoes (228 samples) from 34 farmers’ markets in Alberta were analyzed for 29 pesticides. Residues of three different pesticides…Mensen
90 percent of the 250,000 flowering species now in existence rely on pollinators
4 oktober 2011Pollinators are an essential part of a garden; so essential in fact, that 90 percent of the 250,000 flowering species…Bijen
Massive decline in Himalayan butterfly numbers
4 oktober 2011The lofty western Himalayas are being slowly robbed of their butterflies, with at least 50% of species showing a massive…Vlinders
The biodiversity balancing act: “Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”
3 oktober 2011Britain’s 30 million hedgehogs have been reduced to 1.3 million in the last 50 years. Three quarters of butterfly species…Egels
Number of butterflies in Scotland hits all-time low
3 oktober 2011THE number of butterflies in Scotland hit an all-time low. Butterfly Conservation said the number of individual butterflies recorded was…Vlinders
List of critically endangered Australian birds swells
2 oktober 2011A new report on Australian birds has added four more species to the critically endangered list and found that a…Algemeen
Lower pollinator numbers herald crisis
1 oktober 2011New Delhi: Red Pierrot, Common Lime, Plain Tiger, Blue Pansy or the Common Castor may be unfamiliar names to most…Bijen
Joe Barry: ‘Pesticides also harm beneficial insects and the birds that feed on them’
30 september 2011Farmland birds are important indicators of the ecological health of our countryside and the recently published figures show how bad…Akkervogels
Deadly bird disease trichomonosis ‘spreads to Europe’
24 september 2011A disease that is killing greenfinches Carduelis chloris and chaffinches Fringilla coelebs in the UK has now spread to Europe,…StadsvogelsHoney bee disease found in Scotland
24 september 2011According to Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) the disease, Nosema ceranae, has been confirmed in Scotland for the…BijenDan Rather Reports: ‘EPA has a lot to answer for when it comes to honey bees’
23 september 2011Currently there are more than 17,000 pesticide products on the market in the U.S., and scientists say there is much…Bijen
Experts question EPA credibility in allowing systemic pesticides to be registered when these products clearly received insufficient testing
21 september 2011The pesticides industry stands accused of failure to investigate the hazards of systemic neonicotinoids fully and of failure to establish…BijenCompatibility of Two Systemic Neonicotinoids, Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam, with Various Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests
20 september 2011Two systemic neonicotinoids, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, are widely used for residual control of several insect pests in cotton (Gossypium spp.),…Overige insectenPersistence of two neonicotinoid insecticides in wastewater, and in aqueous solutions of surfactants and dissolved organic matter
20 september 2011Wastewater treatment plants receive organic contaminants, such as pesticides, which reach the sewage system from domestic, industrial or agricultural activities.…
