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09/25/2015 / By Carol Young

Washington state is trying to stop GMO corporations from buying all the elections by asking for a Constitutional Amendment

(NaturalNews) It was a warm day in Spokane during an unusually warm summer. I was crossing the parking lot towards Huckleberry’s Natural Market on the South Hill in Spokane, Washington, when Stacy Cossey approached me and other shoppers with a bright sign that read, “Honey-bees Unite for I-735.” If you stop to speak to her […]

09/10/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Univ. of Nebraska entomologist studies the effect pesticides have on honey bee behavior

Once exposed to pesticides, the social interactions between bees decline, according Erin Ingram, an entomologist with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, who’s closely studied whether there is a link between pesticides in orchards and the behavior of honey bees. Ingram studied bees in Petri dishes, observing the way they behave following pesticide exposure; she observed that […]

09/03/2015 / By Greg White

Approximately 94% of corn grown in U.S. is coated with bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that neonicotinoid pesticides, a relatively new class of insecticides, negatively affect the immune system of honeybees by helping a viral pathogen propagate. In an effort to find out how neonicotinoid pesticides harm bees, research scientists injected bees with a pathogen known as […]

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