OTTAWA -- Canada doesn't want to issue a blanket ban on certain pesticides which environmental groups say are killing everything from honey bees to earthworms. Instead, Health Canada's Pest Management ...

Dan Davidson has seen his share of dead bees. Like other beekeepers in North America and Europe, Mr. Davidson opens his hives each spring to find piles of the dead pollinators, which have been under ...

‘Neonic’ pesticides help farmers battle bugs, but are toxic to already-beleaguered bees. Ontario tried to fix the problem, Tom Spears explains, but now both parties are feeling stung. You can wrap up ...

Neonicotinoids, or neonics, were developed in the 1990s as a safer alternative to DDT, but they are believed to kill bees by lowering their resistance to infection and weakening their ability to ...

The class of chemicals called neonicotinoids are widely used in agriculture but have been linked to the deaths of bee colonies. (Reuters) Ontario plans to consult with growers and agricultural ...

A group of international scientists is meeting Tuesday to try to convince parliamentarians there is no longer any doubt that common agricultural pesticides are toxic chemicals that are killing off ...

VANCOUVER — Vancouver city council has voted unanimously to ban a group of pesticides believed to contribute to bee mortality. Neonicotinoids, or neonics, were developed in the 1990s as a safer ...

OTTAWA—Canada doesn’t want to issue a blanket ban on certain pesticides which environmental groups say are killing everything from honey bees to earthworms. Instead, Health Canada’s Pest Management ...