http://www.youris.comyouris.comScientists achieved an alarming result: pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands are declining in parallel, while the number wild bees dramatically increases. (Dec. '07)Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:53:45 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/No_Bees_No_Fruits.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/No_Bees_No_Fruits.klDuring this year’s neonicotinoid-free maize sowing in Italy hardly a bee colony has been lost, bar a suspicious case where some leftover seed from last year may have been used. (Jun '09)Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:17:49 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_restored_to_health_in_Italy_after_this_springs_neonicotinoidfree_maize_sowing.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_restored_to_health_in_Italy_after_this_springs_neonicotinoidfree_maize_sowing.klThe Italian Agriculture Ministry suspended the use of pesticides containing clothianidin, thiametoxam and imidacloprid for the coating of any plant seeds (May '09).Wed, 20 May 2009 15:59:44 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Italy_keeps_ban_on_neonicotinoid_seed_coating_to_save_bees.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Italy_keeps_ban_on_neonicotinoid_seed_coating_to_save_bees.klFrancesco Panella, president of the Italian Beekepers' Association points out the very negative effects that neonicotinoids might have on bees. (May '09)Wed, 20 May 2009 17:52:05 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bee_mortality_has_never_be_so_high_all_over_the_world_at_the_same_time.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bee_mortality_has_never_be_so_high_all_over_the_world_at_the_same_time.klGiacomo Michelatti explains how an Italian regional government spearheaded the monitoring of dead bees and gave the government clear recommendations in favour of a suspension of neonicotinoid maize seed coating. (May '09)Wed, 20 May 2009 14:37:11 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Massive_bee_loss_coincided_overwhelmingly_with_maize_sowing.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Massive_bee_loss_coincided_overwhelmingly_with_maize_sowing.klMoreno Greatti explains how pneumatic sowing machines produce a fine dust by causing abrasions on the coating of rougher, uneven maize seeds, with allegedly disastrous effects on bees. (May '09)Wed, 20 May 2009 16:24:01 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_go_mad_and_become_lost_because_of_neonicotinoid_dispersion.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_go_mad_and_become_lost_because_of_neonicotinoid_dispersion.klPrecious insect pollinators hold an almighty 153 billion euros worldwide on their industrious wings for the main crops that feed the planet every year. If they all disappeared overnight, so would 9.5% of the total value of global agriculture production used for human food. (May '09)Wed, 20 May 2009 17:31:20 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/World_relies_on_endangered_bees_for_153_billion_euros.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/World_relies_on_endangered_bees_for_153_billion_euros.kl