Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human's developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the Europe

German chemicals group BASF said it launched a legal challenge against the European Commission's ban of BASF's insecticide fipronil, imposed in July on concern its use as seed treatment is linked t

Rapeseed production is likely to fall in the European Union, top grower of the oilseed, from the 2015 harvest after the bloc voted to protect bees by banning three of the most widely used pesticide

One of the notable details of Monday's landmark ruling to ban the use of some neonicotinoid pesticides across the European Union was Germany's vote in favour.

A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of honeybees across the United States since 2006.

Dutch research reveals correlation between water polluted with imidacloprid and low numbers of aquatic insects

The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the production of crops

The government must suspend the use of dangerous pesticides linked to the death of bees, a committee of MPs said on Friday.

The government must suspend the use of dangerous pesticides linked to the death of bees, a committee of MPs said on Friday.

Syngenta and Bayer, top producers of the pesticides blamed for a sharp fall in bee populations around the world, have proposed a plan to support bee health to try to forestall a European Union ban