Author Archives: Tom Theobald

Beekeepers sue the EPA

Since I am one of the plaintiffs I offer this Press Release without comment other than to say that this is likely to be a very significant case. PRESS RELEASE Center for Food Safety: Peter Jenkins or Larissa Walker 202-547-9359 … Continue reading

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It’s only a flesh wound

Beekeepers as the Black Night.

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Are large corporations above the law?

Are Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta and other mega-corporations above the law? Read, How Monsanto outfoxed the Obama administration, about the U. S. Department of Justice quietly closing a 3 year anti-trust investigation of Monsanto last November: Last November, the U.S. Department … Continue reading

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Is “idiopathic brood disease” another false syndrome?

Comments by Graham White on the most recent research by vanEngelsdorp, Pettis, et al: Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United States. Abstract: Using standard epidemiological methods, … Continue reading

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Is it time for a neonicotinoid time out?

Here is a good article on the neonicotinoid issue in The Scientific American, no less, It’s Time for a Neonicotinoid Time Out. Jeff Pettis who will be speaking in Denver this Saturday, March 16th at 7:00 pm is quoted in … Continue reading

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