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Spring of 2012 I used a soil injection of imidacloprid to treat several hemlock trees that had begun to drop needles because of a Hemlock Wooly Adelgid infestation. January of 2013 European Food Safety Authority found imidacloprid to be in the class of pesticides that pose high risk to bees. As...

Why the fuss over bees? Is the U.S. in the midst of a bee-pocalypse? The science says no. Bee populations in the U.S. and Europe remain at healthy levels for reproduction and the critical pollination of food crops and trees. But during much of the past decade we have seen higher-than-average...