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Corn gains the most since last year's drought on concern that wet weather will delay planting

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 15:45
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of corn is surging on concern that wet, cold weather in the Plains region will delay planting and reduce harvests. July corn rose 40 cents, or 6.5 per cent, to $6.5975 a bushel. That's the biggest one-day gain since June 25, when last year's drought was pushing up prices. The price of corn plunged at the end of March after the government said that it expected farmers to plant the biggest crop in almost 80 years. Corn also rose after the government said that inventories were higher than analysts had expected.

EU says it will push through better bee protections after members disagree over pesticides

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 13:02
BRUSSELS - The European Union says it will move ahead with measures to better protect dwindling bee populations after the 27 nations in the bloc failed to agree on a common stand. EU Consumer Commissioner Tonio Borg said Monday that his agency will propose restricting the use of three pesticides as of Dec. 1 for two years unless decisive new information becomes available.

EU to ban pesticides linked to bee deaths

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 09:30
The European Union was set to impose a two-year ban on three pesticides linked to bee deaths after a majority of member countries voted in favour of a moratorium on Monday. A key committee of experts cleared the way for the European Commission to impose a proposed ban on insecticides blamed for a sharp decline in bee populations, when 15 nations voted in favour, with eight against and four abstentions.

EU eyes pesticide ban over bee scare

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 07:30
A key committee of EU experts was meeting on Monday to mull a two-year ban on pesticides blamed for a sharp and worrying decline in bee populations. European Union sources have told AFP that a decision to suspend the use of certain pesticides is likely following the closed-door talks between experts from the 27 member nations that kicked off at 0800 GMT.

UK designers Westwood, Hamnett join campaign to save bees

April 26, 2013 11:45
LONDON (Reuters) - Top British fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett joined bee campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday to urge the government to support a proposed European Union (EU) ban on pesticides which harm bees. Britain is currently one of a group of countries blocking attempts to introduce a Europe-wide ban on the world's most widely used insecticides, neonicotinoids, arguing their impact on bees is unclear.

EU set to ban pesticides blamed for decline of bees

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 12:16
The EU appears set to impose a two-year ban on the use of insecticides blamed for a sharp and worrying decline in bee populations, an EU source said Thursday. A committee of experts is due to vote Monday on the ban in an effort to protect bees and other insects which play an indispensible role in food production through plant pollination. A vote earlier this year failed to produce a large enough qualified majority in favour, forcing the European Commission to try a second time.

CORRECTED: Life is sweet for beekepers in Greece, but for how long?

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 01:30
The rosemary season has ended, but sage is in full bloom. In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full of violet hyacinths, close to the prehistoric ruins of Mycenae. Since antiquity, when according to Greek mythology the god of love Eros dipped his arrows into honey before shooting them, the golden liquid has been flowing in abundance in this country, free of genetic modification and gleaned from vast, uncultivated lands.

Life is sweet for beekepers in Greece, but for how long?

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 00:30
The rosemary season has ended, but sage is in full bloom. In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full of violet hyacinths, close to the prehistoric ruins of Mycenae. Since antiquity, when according to Greek mythology the god of love Eros dipped his arrows into honey before shooting them, the golden liquid has been flowing in abundance in this country, free of genetic modification and gleaned from vast, uncultivated lands.

Greenpeace blames pesticides for decline in honey bees

Agencia EFEApril 18, 2013 12:01
Geneva, Apr 18 (EFE).- Greenpeace activists scaled the headquarters of Swiss chemical company Syngenta AG in Basel to protest use of pesticides that affect the health of honey bees and have led to a decline in bee colonies. The environmental activists unfurled a banner during Wednesday's protest that read "Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees!" and called for a ban on the toxic products.

Greenpeace protest over bee deaths at Swiss firm

April 17, 2013 05:45
Greenpeace activists claiming pesticides decimate bee populations protested Wednesday at the headquarters of Swiss agrichemical giant Syngenta, hanging a huge banner outside. The banner, reading "Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees!", was unfurled by Greenpeace environmental campaigners who scaled the company's headquarters in the northern Swiss city of Basel. Greenpeace has demanded that Switzerland follow the lead of neighbours France, Germany and Italy in banning the contested pesticides, which are also forbidden in Slovenia.
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