Pollination
latest news & developmentsCape honey bees the guardians of South Africa’s food security
Honey bees are invaluable to the environment and the economy, and their protection is essential
![, on February 8 – Soybean fields in Argentina are often fumigated with glyphosate, a herbicide which is probably carcinogenic according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but which is needed to maintain crops of transgenic seeds. The first trial for the possible effects of Round Up -Monsanto’s polemic herbicide containing gliphosate- starts on July […]](https://images.newsteam.io/image/2560/2Bq28FuGKoK2F2CChPZk9XLRvWmk7bCJ7BDwQEtECF83QFqDSoKW6D5RsqqXnAm76Dg5frRpcPqDkmtX61UM34knyWhbmMrDmTAWUN6nrY98GKzt9VT2AK2tUSj28x9QQJk53hq28GrHzyQkajYgVCv)
EU ships banned bee-killing pesticides to South Africa and other countries
Neonicotinoid, manufactured by Syngenta and Beyer, is banned in the European Union because it kills pollinators and causes other environmental harms
Rare orchid lures unwitting beetles for sex to pollinate itself
In a world-first, orchid enthusiast discovers sexual trickery of near-extinct Disa forficaria