Sentences with phrase «ban colony collapse disorder»

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Previous studies linking neonicotinoids to sharp declines in honeybee populations, known as colony collapse disorder, prompted the European Union in 2013 to pass a two - year ban on the use of the pesticides, though bee experts now believe a parasitic mite, poor nutrition or both may also weaken or kill the insects.

Yet while I have learned an awful lot about the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder, the struggle to lift bans on urban beekeeping, and even the mysterious case of red bees and red honey in Brooklyn — I am afraid that this theoretical knowledge did not translate into real world success.

One not - so - small step to squash colony collapse disorder: France has announced that it may ban Syngenta's Cruiser OSR insecticide, one in a class of pesticides increasingly linked to contributing to CCD, for use on rapeseed crops (Reuters).