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Massive Losses at San Diego Bee Sanctuary
An organization whose mission is to remove and rescue bees and provide them with a safe habitat to grow and prosper has suffered...
Oct 12, 20231 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...
Oct 3, 20232 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 23, 20231 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...
Sep 8, 20232 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 21, 20231 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 16, 20232 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...
Aug 9, 20231 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 28, 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...
Jul 13, 20232 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...
Jun 15, 20233 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,...
Jun 1, 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 29, 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 21, 20231 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...
May 18, 20233 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 22, 20231 min read
State Updates
The Attorneys General of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,...
Apr 11, 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....
Apr 7, 20232 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 26, 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 21, 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 9, 20231 min read
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