Agricultural Industry Support
This page provides links to the efforts of TPSA member companies, the EPA and agricultural organizations in maintaining bee health standards through safe practices.
EPA Pollinator Protection Labeling
Labeling for applications of Nitroguadinine and Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Details of new EPA labeling – July 21, 2015
EPA Pollinator Protection Details
EPA Pollinator Bee Advisory Box – Sept. 27, 2013
www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/pollinator/bee-label-info-lrt.pdf
Explanation of “Bee Box”
www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/pollinator/bee-label-info-graphic.pdf
EPA Letter to Registrants of Nitroguadinine Neonicotinoid Insecticides – August 15, 2013
www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/pollinator/bee-label-info-ltr.pdf
Bayer CropScience Bee Care
Bayer’s commitment to bee health including the Bayer Bee Care Program,
Bee Health Centers and Bee Health Teams
http://www.beecare.bayer.com
Syngenta Operation Pollinator
http://www.operationpollinator.com
Monsanto – Honey Bee Health
http://www.monsanto.com/improvingagriculture/Pages/honey-bee-health.aspx
Jon Entine, Forbes.com
TPSA acknowledges these are opinion pieces with observations by Jon Entine of the Genetic Literacy Project, for Forbes.com
- Science Collapse Disorder – 4/11/13
The Real Story Behind Neonics and Mass Bee Deaths - EU Will Impose Two-Year Ban on Neonics – 4/30/13
The Politics of Bees Turns Science on its Head
The Guide to Seed Treatment Stewardship
Produced by American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and Crop Life American (CLA):
http://seed-treatment-guide.com/
EPA Pollinator Protection Program
http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/ecosystem/pollinator/index.html
Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM)
http://pesticidestewardship.org/PollinatorProtection/Pages/default.aspx
2013 Conference
Environmental Toxicology of Pesticide Residues to Pollinators
Troy Anderson, Virginia Tech University
Industry Work to Address Concerns about Bees
Iain Kelly, Bayer CropScience
Bee Health Status Overview
Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech University
Indiana’s Bee Mortality Experience: Sampling and Detecting Pesticide Residues in Bees and Pollen
Dave Scott, Office of the Indiana State Chemist
Beekeeping and Agriculture: A Beekeeper’s Perspective
Steven Coy, Coy’s Honey Farm
