Farmers rely on a widely used pesticide to shield corn and soybean crops from destructive insects, but new research suggests ...

A next-generation pesticide designed to kill crop pests may also be interfering with the reproductive health of bumblebees. Researchers discovered that low-dose exposure to sulfoxaflor changed gene ...

Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends on pollinators like bees—and those bees are regularly decimated by ...

Study finds that blue orchard bee reproduction dropped nearly 60% when exposed to pesticides and when food is scarce. (Clara Stuligross/UC Davis) The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of ...

You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 25, 2025) A novel study in Chemosphere finds impacts on male fertility in a bee species (Osmia bicornis) with exposure to sulfoxaflor, a systemic sulfoximine insecticide with ...

The newest USDA research adds to the growing body of evidence that shows pesticide exposure weakens honey bees’ immune system making them more susceptible to parasites and pathogens. Researchers took ...