Entrevista al Médico Veterinario Martín Colombani

The Barrett beekeeper says he lost 60 percent of his bees —from 2,300 hives to 1,032 —over the fall and winter.  Ellis, the owner of Old Mill Honey, and other beekeepers are unable to recoup their losses by using their own stock. Instead the beekeepers will be looking for bees from other sources. "I am very disappointed in the EPA," he said. "A year ago we petitioned the EPA to protect bees and they refused to take action." Ellis and three other beekeepers have. They filed a lawsuit four weeks ago against the EPA calling for the agency to stop the use of two pesticides and to create better labels on how to use the products.

The participants were made up of 18 women and 52 men drawn from Nyoli, Jonga and Baloofili

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Israelsen, executive director of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), said: “I believe GMO labeling is inevitable from the standpoint that consumers want it. The big question is whether it will be mandated by law. That remains to be seen. “If there is a trend of one or two states to pass GMO labeling laws, and the likelihood is good, then others will follow. If you get three to five or six states passing GMP labeling statutes, will Congress step in and prevent a patchwork effect?. “It’s a very emotional issue, and temperatures on both sides will rise quickly.”

The Vermont House of Representatives has passed H.112 , a bill requiring the labeling of all genetically engineered (GE) food sold in Vermont. However, there are plenty of hurdles ahead. First, the bill must be approved in the Senate, which will not now likely get the opportunity to look at it until January 2014. If it is approved by the Senate, it will then be effective two years after the date it is passed, or 18 months after at least two other states adopt similar bills, whichever comes first.

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Declaración del Directorio y presidentes regionales de la Federación de Asociaciones Gremiales Regionales Apícola de Chile sobre moratoria de la Unión Europea respecto del uso de sustancias insecticidas dañinas para las abejas en labores agrícolas

Los apicultores de la principal zona productora en la comunidad  han confirmado que los tratamientos químicos para combatir el ácaro de la varroa, uno de los mayores causantes de la mortandad de las abejas, tienen que modificarse cada tres o cuatro años porque el parásito se inmuniza.

En Valencia, biólogos de la agrupación de defensa sanitaria Api-Ads están llevando a cabo un detallado estudio para determinar el grado de afección de los tratamientos agrícolas contras plagas sobre las colmenas, confirmándose que las aplicaciones de insecticidas en momentos de plena floración -que es cuando las abejas están, lógicamente, más activas sobre las plantas y árboles cultivados- resultan letales para estos insectos útiles. Enrique Simó biólogo y veterinario que participa en dicho estudio, diferencia, en cuanto al 'despoblamiento' de las colmenas, dos vertientes: por un lado se da el caso de que las abejas se despistan, se debilitan o desorientan y no pueden o no saben volver a su redil; por otro están las que mueren directamente.