Le miel est un miracle de la nature, dernier produit non-transformé sur terre. Mais aujourd’hui ce miracle n’est pas assez récolté. L’apiculture en Provence est confrontée à des bouleversements sans précédents. Au-delà de la survie d’une filière, c’est celle de l’équilibre de toute la nature qui est menacée. Les Apiculteurs
PlusAlors que les néonicotinoïdes sont interdits au sein de l’Union Européenne depuis 2018, une loi française de 2020 a permis, en 2021 et en 2022, d’accorder des dérogations autorisant leur utilisation pour la filière de la betterave sucrière. Cela alors que ces substances sont identifiées par de multiples études scientifiques
PlusIl n’y aura pas de nouvelle dérogation pour les néonicotinoïdes, ces pesticides qualifiés par ses détracteurs de ‘tueurs d’abeilles. » Le ministre de l’Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, a déclaré, lundi 23 janvier, que le gouvernement renonçait à demander une mesure dérogatoire autorisant leur usage notamment pour les semences de betteraves sucrières et
PlusLa Déva des abeilles – Les enseignements de la ruche, de Sandira Belia – Edition Le Souffle d’or, 13 octobre 2020 – 224 pages Petite fée pollinisatrice à six pattes, humble et discrète, sa ferveur fascine et sa sagesse intrigue. Son chant mystérieux déclenche en l’être humain une résonance toute
Plus::: 19/03 - As part of the Science and Innovation Breakfast, the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale is organising a conference on Thursday 19 March 2020, from 9.00 to 10.30 a.m., on the theme "Men and bees: a necessary and demanding cohabitation". Guest: André
PlusThis is the most massive episode of species extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. More than half of all insects are disappearing worldwide at an accelerated rate; the hecatomb is reaching the staggering figure of 80 % for Europe. When insects disappear, the entire living chain is affected. No more food
PlusThis is Finland. A first is about to be made: a vaccine to protect bees has just been developed by scientists. It would be the first vaccine in the world, with the hope of halting the decline of this insect's populations, and avoid causing a crisis.
PlusIt can be seen all over the world: the buzzing of bee colonies is dying out and hives are collapsing. Bees, these vital pollinators for our food, are disappearing in a terrifying ecological armageddon: 35 % of the world's food production is directly linked to the free service offered by
PlusHere is a novel participatory science experiment between high school students and a CNRS researcher: the creation of a "connected artificial flower" to study the foraging behaviour of bees. Little is known about how bees select flowers and move between them. By
PlusC’est peut-être la fin d’une interminable bataille : vendredi 27 avril 2018, les États membres de l’Union européenne ont adopté la proposition de la Commission d’interdire trois néonicotinoïdes (la clothianidine, l’imidaclopride et le thiaméthoxame) à toutes les cultures en plein champ. Ces produits suscitent la controverse depuis leur déploiement dans les années 1990.
PlusThey do not live in hives and do not produce honey, but they are champions in crop pollination: when spring comes, a few thousand solitary bees bred by a startup in Lot-et-Garonne are sent on a mission to boost orchard yields. Not all the bees disappear
PlusBees play a major role in food production around the world. Without them, there is no pollination and therefore no fruit or vegetables. The decline of bee populations looks like a great extinction. The causes are being sought, analysed and some of them are known. Phytosanitary products used in agriculture
PlusThe morning of Monday 26th June had started badly for the defenders of bees and the environment. The new Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Travert, had hinted that he would return to the ban on bee-killing pesticides, a ban that was supported by the President of the Republic and his minister.
PlusLa disparition qui semble implacable des abeilles et autres insectes pollinisateurs met en danger notre alimentation, notre santé et notre économie. L’usage intensif des pesticides et néonicotinoïdes a contribué dans une large mesure à cette extinction. Face à ce phénomène, des chercheurs s’activent pour trouver des parades. Certains en viennent
PlusHave you ever had the opportunity to observe the Asian Hornet's ruthless hunting method when it attacks bees? Introduced "by mistake" in France in 2004, the Asian Hornet endangers the ecosystem already weakened by the bad practices of intensive agriculture. A non-endemic species, it calls into question reports of
PlusOn paper, bees should rejoice: their main enemy, responsible for the death of 300,000 hives a year, pesticides from the neonicotinoid family have been banned. During the second reading of the biodiversity law in the House of Commons, MEPs adopted a
PlusPollinators have never been more threatened, and humanity has never needed them more: this is the conclusion of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in its first report published on Friday 26 February on the occasion of its fourth plenary meeting in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
PlusPollination is at the heart of nature and its reproductive processes, a kind of free exchange service that is indispensable for plants to survive and adapt. Neonicotinoid pesticides were known to be dangerous to bees, but we now know that they threaten the pollination process. At
PlusAn expert report released on Wednesday 26 August by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that the three main molecules (clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid) of the neonicotinoid family represent "high risks" for bees, even if they are used as simple sprays. At
PlusAn expert report released on Wednesday 26 August by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that the three main molecules (clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid) of the neonicotinoid family represent "high risks" for bees, even if they are used as simple sprays. At
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