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Oct 2, 20232 min read

EPA Settlement Aims to Protect Endangered Species

In a historic legal agreement that unfolded in federal district court last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has committed...

Sep 22, 20231 min read

Paraquat Exposure and Parkinson's Disease

Numerous epidemiological studies have found an association between paraquat exposure and the onset of Parkinson's disease. These studies...

Sep 7, 20232 min read

It's National Honey Month

September is National Honey Month, a time to celebrate the efforts of hardworking honey bees. Unfortunately, these essential pollinators...

Aug 20, 20231 min read

Today is World Honeybee Day!

On the third Saturday in August, we take the opportunity to recognize and appreciate the enormous contribution of the honeybee. Bees are...

Aug 15, 20232 min read

EPA Pesticide Incident Data Now Public

After years of requests and pressure from PSC and other groups working on pesticide issues, the Environmental Protection Agency took an...

Aug 8, 20231 min read

Pesticide Detection Research

Trying to establish a link between pesticide exposure and effects can be hugely challenging as we may may struggle to develop the...

Jul 27, 20232 min read

Pollinator Gardens

Summer is in full swing and pollinator gardens are the topic of the season! Although the primary purpose of pollinator gardens is to...

Jul 12, 20232 min read

American Bird Conservancy Publishes Ten-Year Follow-Up Report on Neonics

In 2013, American Bird Conservancy published an important work titled “The Impact of the Nation’s Most Widely Used Insecticides on...

Jun 14, 20233 min read

Honeybees Feel Effects of Habitat Destruction

PSC Board Member and Beekeeper Richard Coy Speaks Out on Dicamba Honeybees and other pollinators are feeling the effects of habitat...

May 31, 20231 min read

It's National Pollinator Month

It's National Pollinator Month and PSC is hard at work with legal and legislative advocacy work to protect pollinators. Back in 2011,...

May 28, 20231 min read

Frog Pollinator?

A recent group of researchers in Brazil witnessed a group of frogs (known as Izecksohn’s Brazilian tree frog) exhibiting unusual...

May 20, 20231 min read

Pesticide Mapping Project At Risk

USGC conducts a pesticide mapping project which has provided innumerable scientists and organizations with essential data to track and...

May 17, 20233 min read

Analysis from the EPA Shows Neonics Cause Adverse Impact to 79% of Endangered Species

It has been ten years since a group of four beekeepers, including PSC President Steve Ellis, joined forces with conservation groups in a...

Apr 21, 20231 min read

Campeche Beekeepers Face Losses

Beekeepers in Mexico allege that massive bee losses are due to aerial fumigation of corn, sorghum, and soy at a nearby ranch operated by...

Apr 10, 20232 min read

State Updates

The Attorneys General of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,...

Apr 6, 20232 min read

The Ecconomic Impact of Pollinators

A recent study explored the role of pollinators in our food system and explained how a deficit of pollinators may impact human health....

Mar 25, 20231 min read

New Study on Honeybee Social Learning Process

A newly published study by Dr. James Nieh, a member of the PSC Scientific Advisory Panel, examines the role of social learning. "Their...

Mar 20, 20231 min read

Protecting Pollinators,State by State

States around the country are working toward mitigating pollinator pesticide exposures at the state level. In Minnesota, numerous...

Mar 9, 20231 min read

Coalition With Over 60 Nonprofit Groups File Citizen Petition with EPA

The Pollinator Stewardship Council joins dozens of concerned nonprofits demanding that the EPA revoke a waiver allowing pesticides to be...

Mar 3, 20231 min read

Study Shows Pesticide Risk To Be Species And Landscape Dependent

A study published several weeks ago in the scientific journal Nature Ecology & Evolution takes a closer look at how bees' interaction...