Author Archives: Tom Theobald

Clothianidin fails after only 2 years as a cotton seed treatment and needs an untested pesticide, sulfoxaflor, piled on top under a Section 18. Glyphosate overuse creates superweeds and genetic modification is underway to create 2,4-D resistant commodity crops. Now, … Continue reading →

The issue of aerial spraying of agricultural pesticides has been controversial since it began and is the reason the Boulder County Beekeepers’ Association was formed in 1975. Earlier this month I circulated a story, Letter Says Aerial Application Safe Around … Continue reading →

This came in at the end of last week: EPA does not suspend clothianidin. Apparently the source is the EPA web site. This is an agency completely out of control and out of touch with reality. The position they are … Continue reading →

This Friday (July 20th) I am co-hosting a 30 minute program on The Organic View Radio Show. June Stoyer and I will interview John Van Alten, President of the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, about the bee kills in Ontario and Quebec … Continue reading →

Here’s a pretty well written artcle just out on the bee loss situation, The Plight of the Honeybee. More and more, the alternative press is getting the story mostly right, but the powers that be show absolutely no sign that … Continue reading →