PARIS — The European Commission will enact a two-year ban on a class of pesticides thought to be harming global bee populations, the European Union’s health commissioner said Monday. Subscribe to read ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 29, 2013 (ENS) – The European Commission will restrict the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides harmful to bees, imposing the world’s first continental ban on the popular ...

Experience the vibrant world of the European Bee-Eater in this stunning wildlife documentary filmed at Lake Kerkini, Greece.

OSLO (Reuters) - Almost one in 10 of Europe's wild bee species is at risk of extinction because of threats from the spread of farms and pesticides among other factors, a first assessment of the ...

Campaigners hail move by member states to ban outdoor use of the chemicals as a ‘beacon of hope for bees’. Campaigners have hailed a decision by European countries to bring in a near-total ban on ...

The EU on Friday backed an almost total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in a move hailed by environmentalists as a "beacon of hope". Bees help pollinate 90 percent of the ...

A rising number of wild bees and butterflies in Europe are facing the threat of extinction, a new conservation assessment has warned. The findings have prompted calls for urgent action to reverse the ...

'You still have the beauty of the bees,' enthuses US entomologist Jeffery Pettis - Copyright AFP Munir uz Zaman 'You still have the beauty of the bees,' enthuses US ...

The European Court of Justice ruled in favor of a Belgian beekeper, Nature & Progrès Belgium and Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe to close a loophole that allowed companies like Bayer to produce ...