Chronic exposure to multiple, interacting stressors is driving honey bee colony losses and declines of wild pollinators

Bees are still under threat from abuse of pesticides. Four pesticides which are highly toxic to bees (including neonicotinoids and fipronil) were banned in 2013.

Apitherapy presents as a promising source of pharmacological and nutraceutical agents for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of COVID-19.

A panel on bee research was convened at the recent meeting of the American Beekeeping Federation. Billed as what bee researchers want from beekeepers and vice versa, presentations from both points of view showed that a substantial divide exists between these groups.

Bee treatment products: situation in Europe enumerating companies producing these treatment products.

A total of 5115 beekeepers weresurveyed from February 23 to March 8, including 723 in Wuhan, the outbreak epicentre of Hubei. None of these beekeepers developed symptoms associated with COVID-19, and their health was totally normal.

BeeLife and its member Romapis stand along with all beekeeper colleagues after Romanian government issued for the 5th consecutive year a temporary authorisation for EU-wide restricted insecticides.

It is well evidenced that pollinators are facing many threats worldwide and are in dire need for protection. The latest report of the IPBES on pollination, pollinators and food production has recently echoed this fact.

BeeLife just became a member of the newly established Honey Platform, an Expert Group of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Good news! the EFSA showed that we can apply the guidance document for the risk assessment of pesticides on bees. They did a great job and this needs to be acknowledged. ?